Kolkata panchang, 22 March 2025
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 00:01 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:39 to 17:47- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:39 – 07:10
- Durmuhurta 05:39 – 06:28
- Durmuhurta 06:28 – 07:16
- Rahu Kalam 08:41 – 10:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:07
- Yamaganda 13:14 – 14:45
- 16:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:47 to 05:38 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:36 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 05:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:23 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 05:23 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 03:23 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:36
- Karana Balava until 16:59, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 16:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:36 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 05:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:23 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:39 – 07:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:39 – 06:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:28 – 07:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:41 – 10:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:45
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. 04:04 – 04:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:09
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:23 – 05:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:39 – 07:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:10 – 08:41 | Good |
| Rog | 08:41 – 10:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:12 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Char | 11:43 – 13:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:14 – 14:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:45 – 16:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:16 – 17:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:47 – 19:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:16 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:45 – 22:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:14 – 23:43 | Good |
| Char | 23:43 – 01:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:12 – 02:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:40 – 04:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:09 – 05:38 next day | Good |
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
- 05:39 NowSaturn
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:41 NowMars
- 08:41 NowSun
- 09:42 NowVenus
- 10:42 NowMercury
- 11:43 NowMoon
- 12:44 NowSaturn
- 13:44 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:46 NowVenus
- 17:47 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:45 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:44 NowMars
- 22:43 NowSun
- 23:43 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMercury
- 01:41 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:39 NowMars
- 05:39 NowSaturn
- 06:39 NowJupiter
- 07:39 NowMars
- 08:39 NowSun
- 09:39 NowVenus
- 10:39 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:39 NowSaturn
- 13:39 NowJupiter
- 14:39 NowMars
- 15:39 NowSun
- 16:39 NowVenus
- 17:39 NowMercury
- 18:39 NowMoon
- 19:39 NowSaturn
- 20:39 NowJupiter
- 21:39 NowMars
- 22:39 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMercury
- 01:39 NowMoon
- 02:39 NowSaturn
- 03:39 NowJupiter
- 04:39 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 05:20 Aquarius
- 05:20 – 06:51 Pisces
- 06:51 – 08:31 Aries
- 08:31 – 10:30 Taurus
- 10:30 – 12:43 Gemini
- 12:43 – 14:59 Cancer
- 14:59 – 17:10 Leo
- 17:10 – 19:20 Virgo
- 19:20 – 21:34 Libra
- 21:34 – 23:50 Scorpio
- 23:50 – 01:55 next day Sagittarius
- 01:55 – 03:42 next day Capricorn
- 03:42 – 05:16 next day Aquarius
- 05:16 – 05:38 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