Kolkata panchang, 5 April 2025
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 11:12 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:26 to 17:52- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:26 – 06:59
- Durmuhurta 05:26 – 06:16
- Durmuhurta 06:16 – 07:05
- Rahu Kalam 08:32 – 10:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:04
- Yamaganda 13:12 – 14:45
- 07:44 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:52 to 05:25 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:26 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:03 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 23:25 Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 19:26
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 05:32 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Atiganda until 20:03
- Karana Vishti until 07:44, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:26 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:03 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 23:25 Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:26 – 06:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:26 – 06:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:16 – 07:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 10:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:45
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. 03:53 – 04:40
- 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 17:52 – 20:10
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:26 – 05:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:26 – 06:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:59 – 08:32 | Good |
| Rog | 08:32 – 10:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:06 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Char | 11:39 – 13:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:12 – 14:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:45 – 16:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:19 – 17:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:52 – 19:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:18 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:45 – 22:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:12 – 23:38 | Good |
| Char | 23:38 – 01:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:05 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:32 – 03:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:58 – 05:25 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
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:35 NowVenus
- 10:37 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:41 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:48 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 17:52 NowMercury
- 18:50 NowMoon
- 19:47 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:41 NowSun
- 23:38 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMercury
- 01:34 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:30 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:26 NowMercury
- 11:26 NowMoon
- 12:26 NowSaturn
- 13:26 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:26 NowVenus
- 17:26 NowMercury
- 18:26 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:26 NowSun
- 23:26 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:26 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:25 Aquarius
- 04:25 – 05:56 Pisces
- 05:56 – 07:36 Aries
- 07:36 – 09:35 Taurus
- 09:35 – 11:48 Gemini
- 11:48 – 14:04 Cancer
- 14:04 – 16:15 Leo
- 16:15 – 18:25 Virgo
- 18:25 – 20:39 Libra
- 20:39 – 22:55 Scorpio
- 22:55 – 01:00 next day Sagittarius
- 01:00 – 02:47 next day Capricorn
- 02:47 – 04:21 next day Aquarius
- 04:21 – 05:25 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