Kolkata panchang, 26 March 2025
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 03:19 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:35 to 17:48- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:07 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam 10:10 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:17 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 13:13
- 12:25 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 14:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:14 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
17:48 to 05:34 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:00 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:43 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 01:43 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 02:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 01:43 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 02:29 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 12:25
- Karana Kaulava until 14:49, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:25 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 14:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:43 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 01:43 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 02:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:07 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:10 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:17 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:13
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:35 – 02:29 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. 04:01 – 04:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:17 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:48 – 20:10
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:35 – 01:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:35 – 07:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:07 – 08:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:39 – 10:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:10 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:13 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:17 – 17:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:48 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:17 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:13 | Good |
| Char | 22:13 – 23:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:41 – 01:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:10 – 02:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:38 – 04:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:06 – 05:34 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
- 05:35 NowMercury
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:39 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:47 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowMercury
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 05:04 Aquarius
- 05:04 – 06:35 Pisces
- 06:35 – 08:16 Aries
- 08:16 – 10:14 Taurus
- 10:14 – 12:27 Gemini
- 12:27 – 14:43 Cancer
- 14:43 – 16:54 Leo
- 16:54 – 19:04 Virgo
- 19:04 – 21:19 Libra
- 21:19 – 23:34 Scorpio
- 23:34 – 01:40 next day Sagittarius
- 01:40 – 03:27 next day Capricorn
- 03:27 – 05:00 next day Aquarius
- 05:00 – 05:34 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