Kolkata panchang, 2 April 2025
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 08:12 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:29 to 17:51- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:02 – 08:34
- Gulika Kalam 10:07 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta 11:15 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:04 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:40 – 13:13
- 06:07 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 08:49 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 13:07 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:51 to 05:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:49 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 23:50
- Nakshatra Krittika until 08:49 · lord Sun
- Yoga Priti until 06:07
- Karana Bava until 13:07, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:07 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 08:49 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 13:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:49 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:02 – 08:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:07 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:15 – 12:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:13
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. 03:56 – 04:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:51 – 20:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:29 – 08:49
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:29 – 08:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:29 – 08:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:49 – 05:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:29 – 07:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:02 – 08:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:34 – 10:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:07 – 11:40 | Good |
| Rog | 11:40 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:13 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:18 – 17:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:51 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:18 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:12 | Good |
| Char | 22:12 – 23:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:39 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:06 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:34 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:01 – 05:28 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
- 05:29 NowMercury
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:34 NowJupiter
- 09:36 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:49 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:34 NowMercury
- 03:32 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:29 NowMercury
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:29 NowVenus
- 12:29 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 04:36 Aquarius
- 04:36 – 06:07 Pisces
- 06:07 – 07:48 Aries
- 07:48 – 09:46 Taurus
- 09:46 – 12:00 Gemini
- 12:00 – 14:15 Cancer
- 14:15 – 16:27 Leo
- 16:27 – 18:37 Virgo
- 18:37 – 20:51 Libra
- 20:51 – 23:07 Scorpio
- 23:07 – 01:12 next day Sagittarius
- 01:12 – 02:59 next day Capricorn
- 02:59 – 04:32 next day Aquarius
- 04:32 – 05:28 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