Kolkata panchang, 6 April 2025
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 12:13 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:25 to 17:52- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:04
- Yamaganda 11:39 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam 14:45 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta 16:13 – 17:02
- Rahu Kalam 16:19 – 17:52
- 05:32 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 07:20 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:52 to 05:24 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:55 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 19:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 19:23 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 19:23
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 05:32 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 18:55
- Karana Balava until 07:20, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 05:32 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 07:20 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:55 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 19:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 19:23 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:13 – 17:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:19 – 17:52
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 – 04:39
- 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 – 20:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:32 – 05:24 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:32 – 05:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:25 – 06:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:58 – 08:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:32 – 10:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:05 – 11:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:39 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:12 – 14:45 | Good |
| Rog | 14:45 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:19 – 17:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:52 – 19:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:19 – 20:45 | Good |
| Char | 20:45 – 22:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:12 – 23:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:38 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:05 – 02:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:31 – 03:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:58 – 05:24 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
- 05:25 NowSun
- 06:27 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:34 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:41 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:52 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:47 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:38 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:33 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:25 NowSun
- 06:25 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:25 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:25 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:21 Aquarius
- 04:21 – 05:52 Pisces
- 05:52 – 07:32 Aries
- 07:32 – 09:31 Taurus
- 09:31 – 11:44 Gemini
- 11:44 – 14:00 Cancer
- 14:00 – 16:11 Leo
- 16:11 – 18:21 Virgo
- 18:21 – 20:35 Libra
- 20:35 – 22:51 Scorpio
- 22:51 – 00:56 next day Sagittarius
- 00:56 – 02:43 next day Capricorn
- 02:43 – 04:17 next day Aquarius
- 04:17 – 05:24 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