Kolkata panchang, 3 April 2025
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 09:09 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:28 to 17:51- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:28 – 07:01
- Gulika Kalam 08:34 – 10:07
- Durmuhurta 09:36 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:04
- Rahu Kalam 13:12 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:22
- 07:02 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:41 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:51 to 05:27 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:21 Moon enters Gemini
- 21:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 21:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:01 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 21:41
- Nakshatra Rohini until 07:02 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 00:01 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 10:41, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:02 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:41 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:21 Moon enters Gemini
- 21:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 21:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:01 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:28 – 07:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 10:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:36 – 10:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:22
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:28 – 07:02
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:02 – 05:27 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. 03:55 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:02 – 05:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:28 – 07:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:01 – 08:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:34 – 10:07 | Bad |
| Char | 10:07 – 11:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:39 – 13:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:12 – 14:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:45 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:18 – 17:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:51 – 19:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:18 – 20:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:45 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:12 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:39 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:06 – 02:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:33 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:00 – 05:27 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
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:30 NowMars
- 07:32 NowSun
- 08:34 NowVenus
- 09:36 NowMercury
- 10:38 NowMoon
- 11:39 NowSaturn
- 12:41 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:47 NowVenus
- 16:49 NowMercury
- 17:51 NowMoon
- 18:49 NowSaturn
- 19:47 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:41 NowVenus
- 23:39 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMoon
- 01:35 NowSaturn
- 02:33 NowJupiter
- 03:31 NowMars
- 04:29 NowSun
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:28 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:28 NowMoon
- 11:28 NowSaturn
- 12:28 NowJupiter
- 13:28 NowMars
- 14:28 NowSun
- 15:28 NowVenus
- 16:28 NowMercury
- 17:28 NowMoon
- 18:28 NowSaturn
- 19:28 NowJupiter
- 20:28 NowMars
- 21:28 NowSun
- 22:28 NowVenus
- 23:28 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMoon
- 01:28 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:28 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 04:32 Aquarius
- 04:32 – 06:04 Pisces
- 06:04 – 07:44 Aries
- 07:44 – 09:43 Taurus
- 09:43 – 11:56 Gemini
- 11:56 – 14:12 Cancer
- 14:12 – 16:23 Leo
- 16:23 – 18:33 Virgo
- 18:33 – 20:47 Libra
- 20:47 – 23:03 Scorpio
- 23:03 – 01:08 next day Sagittarius
- 01:08 – 02:55 next day Capricorn
- 02:55 – 04:29 next day Aquarius
- 04:29 – 05:27 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