Kolkata panchang, 19 March 2025
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 22:10 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 17:46- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:13 – 08:43
- Gulika Kalam 10:13 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta 11:20 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:08 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:44 – 13:14
- 11:25 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:06 Moon enters Scorpio
- 17:37 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
17:46 to 05:41 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:50 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 00:37 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 00:37 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 20:50 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Harshana until 17:37
- Karana Kaulava until 11:25, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:25 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:06 Moon enters Scorpio
- 17:37 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 20:50 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 00:37 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:20 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:14
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:37 – 18:49
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:07 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:09
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 20:50 – 05:41 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:50 – 05:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:42 – 07:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:13 – 08:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:43 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:13 – 11:44 | Good |
| Rog | 11:44 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:14 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:15 – 17:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:46 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:15 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:14 | Good |
| Char | 22:14 – 23:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:43 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:13 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:42 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:12 – 05:41 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:46 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 05:31 Aquarius
- 05:31 – 07:03 Pisces
- 07:03 – 08:43 Aries
- 08:43 – 10:42 Taurus
- 10:42 – 12:55 Gemini
- 12:55 – 15:11 Cancer
- 15:11 – 17:22 Leo
- 17:22 – 19:32 Virgo
- 19:32 – 21:46 Libra
- 21:46 – 00:02 next day Scorpio
- 00:02 – 02:07 next day Sagittarius
- 02:07 – 03:54 next day Capricorn
- 03:54 – 05:28 next day Aquarius
- 05:28 – 05:41 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method