Kolkata panchang, 21 March 2025
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 17:47 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:40 to 17:47- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:11 – 08:42
- Durmuhurta 08:05 – 08:54
- Rahu Kalam 10:13 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:56
- Yamaganda 14:45 – 16:16
- 15:39 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:47 to 05:39 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:41 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 01:45 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 04:24 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 04:24 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 01:45 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 18:41
- Karana Vishti until 15:39, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 15:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:41 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 01:45 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 04:24 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:11 – 08:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:05 – 08:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:16
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:41 – 18:36 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:40 – 01:45 next day
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. 04:05 – 04:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:40 – 01:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:40 – 07:11 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:11 – 08:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:42 – 10:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:13 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:43 – 13:14 | Good |
| Rog | 13:14 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:45 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Char | 16:16 – 17:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:47 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:16 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:45 – 22:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:14 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:43 – 01:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:12 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:41 – 04:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:10 – 05:39 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
- 05:40 NowVenus
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:47 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowVenus
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:24 Aquarius
- 05:24 – 06:55 Pisces
- 06:55 – 08:35 Aries
- 08:35 – 10:34 Taurus
- 10:34 – 12:47 Gemini
- 12:47 – 15:03 Cancer
- 15:03 – 17:14 Leo
- 17:14 – 19:24 Virgo
- 19:24 – 21:38 Libra
- 21:38 – 23:54 Scorpio
- 23:54 – 01:59 next day Sagittarius
- 01:59 – 03:46 next day Capricorn
- 03:46 – 05:20 next day Aquarius
- 05:20 – 05:39 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