Kolkata panchang, 28 March 2025
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 04:38 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:34 to 17:49- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:05 – 08:37
- Durmuhurta 08:01 – 08:50
- Rahu Kalam 10:09 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:55
- Yamaganda 14:45 – 16:17
- 05:56 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 09:32 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 16:47 Moon enters Pisces
Night
17:49 to 05:33 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:55 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 19:55 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 22:09 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 02:06 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 19:55
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 22:09 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 05:56
- Karana Vishti until 09:32, then Shakuni
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 05:56 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 09:32 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 16:47 Moon enters Pisces
- 19:55 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 19:55 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 22:09 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 02:06 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:03 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:05 – 08:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:01 – 08:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:09 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:17
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 14:51 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:54 – 15:47
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. 04:00 – 04:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:49 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:34 – 07:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:05 – 08:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:37 – 10:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:09 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:13 | Good |
| Rog | 13:13 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:45 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Char | 16:17 – 17:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:49 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:17 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:45 – 22:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:13 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:41 – 01:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:09 – 02:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:37 – 04:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:05 – 05:33 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
- 05:34 NowVenus
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:39 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:42 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowVenus
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:34 NowVenus
- 13:34 NowMercury
- 14:34 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 04:56 Aquarius
- 04:56 – 06:27 Pisces
- 06:27 – 08:08 Aries
- 08:08 – 10:06 Taurus
- 10:06 – 12:19 Gemini
- 12:19 – 14:35 Cancer
- 14:35 – 16:46 Leo
- 16:46 – 18:57 Virgo
- 18:57 – 21:11 Libra
- 21:11 – 23:26 Scorpio
- 23:26 – 01:32 next day Sagittarius
- 01:32 – 03:19 next day Capricorn
- 03:19 – 04:52 next day Aquarius
- 04:52 – 05:33 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