Kolkata panchang, 7 April 2025
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 13:12 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:24 to 17:53- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:58 – 08:31
- Yamaganda 10:05 – 11:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 12:03 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam 13:12 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:23
- 06:24 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 07:37 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:53 to 05:23 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:18 Yoga becomes Shula
- 20:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:00 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 20:00
- Nakshatra Pushya until 06:24 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 18:18
- Karana Taitila until 07:37, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:24 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 07:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:18 Yoga becomes Shula
- 20:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:00 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:58 – 08:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:05 – 11:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:03 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:23
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:18 – 20:18
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. 03:52 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:24 – 06:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:24 – 05:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:24 – 06:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:58 – 08:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:31 – 10:05 | Good |
| Rog | 10:05 – 11:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:38 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Char | 13:12 – 14:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:45 – 16:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:19 – 17:53 | Good |
| Char | 17:53 – 19:19 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:19 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:45 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:12 – 23:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:38 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:04 – 02:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:31 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:57 – 05:23 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:24 NowMoon
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:34 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:38 NowMercury
- 12:41 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:48 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:43 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:38 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:35 NowVenus
- 01:33 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:24 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:24 NowVenus
- 11:24 NowMercury
- 12:24 NowMoon
- 13:24 NowSaturn
- 14:24 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:24 NowVenus
- 18:24 NowMercury
- 19:24 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:24 NowMars
- 23:24 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:24 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:24 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:17 Aquarius
- 04:17 – 05:48 Pisces
- 05:48 – 07:28 Aries
- 07:28 – 09:27 Taurus
- 09:27 – 11:40 Gemini
- 11:40 – 13:56 Cancer
- 13:56 – 16:07 Leo
- 16:07 – 18:17 Virgo
- 18:17 – 20:31 Libra
- 20:31 – 22:47 Scorpio
- 22:47 – 00:52 next day Sagittarius
- 00:52 – 02:39 next day Capricorn
- 02:39 – 04:13 next day Aquarius
- 04:13 – 05:23 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