Kolkata panchang, 23 March 2025
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 00:56 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 17:47- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:07
- Yamaganda 11:43 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 14:45 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta 16:10 – 16:59
- Rahu Kalam 16:16 – 17:47
- 17:37 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:47 to 05:37 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:58 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 04:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 05:38 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 04:18 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 17:58
- Karana Taitila until 17:37, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 17:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:58 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 04:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:10 – 16:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:16 – 17:47
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:58 – 05:21 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. 04:03 – 04:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:18 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:18 – 05:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:38 – 07:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:09 – 08:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:41 – 10:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:12 – 11:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:43 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:14 – 14:45 | Good |
| Rog | 14:45 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:16 – 17:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:47 – 19:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:16 – 20:45 | Good |
| Char | 20:45 – 22:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:14 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:42 – 01:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:11 – 02:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:40 – 04:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:09 – 05:37 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
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:39 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:41 NowMoon
- 09:41 NowSaturn
- 10:42 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:46 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:47 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:41 NowJupiter
- 01:41 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:39 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:38 NowSaturn
- 10:38 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:38 NowVenus
- 14:38 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:38 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:38 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:38 NowJupiter
- 01:38 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 05:16 Aquarius
- 05:16 – 06:47 Pisces
- 06:47 – 08:27 Aries
- 08:27 – 10:26 Taurus
- 10:26 – 12:39 Gemini
- 12:39 – 14:55 Cancer
- 14:55 – 17:06 Leo
- 17:06 – 19:16 Virgo
- 19:16 – 21:30 Libra
- 21:30 – 23:46 Scorpio
- 23:46 – 01:51 next day Sagittarius
- 01:51 – 03:38 next day Capricorn
- 03:38 – 05:12 next day Aquarius
- 05:12 – 05:37 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