Kolkata panchang, 4 April 2025
Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 10:10 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:27 to 17:51- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:00 – 08:33
- Durmuhurta 07:56 – 08:45
- Rahu Kalam 10:06 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:54
- Yamaganda 14:45 – 16:18
- 05:51 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 08:52 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:51 to 05:26 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:45 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 05:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 20:13
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 05:51 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 21:45
- Karana Gara until 08:52, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 05:51 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 08:52 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:45 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 05:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:00 – 08:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:56 – 08:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:06 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:18
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:45 – 00:09 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. 03:54 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 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 05:27 – 05:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:20 – 05:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:27 – 07:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:00 – 08:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:33 – 10:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:06 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:39 – 13:12 | Good |
| Rog | 13:12 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:45 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Char | 16:18 – 17:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:51 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:18 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:45 – 22:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:12 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:39 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:06 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:32 – 03:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:59 – 05:26 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
- 05:27 NowVenus
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:47 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:47 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowVenus
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 04:29 Aquarius
- 04:29 – 06:00 Pisces
- 06:00 – 07:40 Aries
- 07:40 – 09:39 Taurus
- 09:39 – 11:52 Gemini
- 11:52 – 14:08 Cancer
- 14:08 – 16:19 Leo
- 16:19 – 18:29 Virgo
- 18:29 – 20:43 Libra
- 20:43 – 22:59 Scorpio
- 22:59 – 01:04 next day Sagittarius
- 01:04 – 02:51 next day Capricorn
- 02:51 – 04:25 next day Aquarius
- 04:25 – 05:26 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