Kolkata panchang, 8 April 2025
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 14:07 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:23 to 17:53- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:53 – 08:43
- Yamaganda 08:31 – 10:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:03
- Gulika Kalam 11:38 – 13:12
- Rahu Kalam 14:45 – 16:19
- 07:55 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:55 Moon enters Leo
- 08:32 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:53 to 05:22 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 21:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 21:13 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 21:13
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 07:55 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 18:10
- Karana Vanija until 08:32, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:55 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:55 Moon enters Leo
- 08:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 21:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 21:13 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:53 – 08:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 10:04
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:32 – 21:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:38 – 13:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:19
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:10 – 20:34
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. 03:51 – 04:37
- 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 05:23 – 07:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:23 – 07:55
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:23 – 06:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:57 – 08:31 | Bad |
| Char | 08:31 – 10:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:04 – 11:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:38 – 13:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:12 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:45 – 16:19 | Good |
| Rog | 16:19 – 17:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:53 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:19 – 20:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:45 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:11 – 23:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:38 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:04 – 02:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:30 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:56 – 05:22 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
- 05:23 NowMars
- 06:26 NowSun
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:33 NowMoon
- 10:36 NowSaturn
- 11:38 NowJupiter
- 12:41 NowMars
- 13:43 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:48 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 17:53 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 19:48 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:43 NowVenus
- 22:40 NowMercury
- 23:38 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSaturn
- 01:33 NowJupiter
- 02:30 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:25 NowVenus
- 05:23 NowMars
- 06:23 NowSun
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:23 NowMercury
- 09:23 NowMoon
- 10:23 NowSaturn
- 11:23 NowJupiter
- 12:23 NowMars
- 13:23 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:23 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:23 NowSaturn
- 18:23 NowJupiter
- 19:23 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:23 NowVenus
- 22:23 NowMercury
- 23:23 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSaturn
- 01:23 NowJupiter
- 02:23 NowMars
- 03:23 NowSun
- 04:23 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 04:13 Aquarius
- 04:13 – 05:44 Pisces
- 05:44 – 07:25 Aries
- 07:25 – 09:23 Taurus
- 09:23 – 11:36 Gemini
- 11:36 – 13:52 Cancer
- 13:52 – 16:03 Leo
- 16:03 – 18:13 Virgo
- 18:13 – 20:27 Libra
- 20:27 – 22:43 Scorpio
- 22:43 – 00:49 next day Sagittarius
- 00:49 – 02:35 next day Capricorn
- 02:35 – 04:09 next day Aquarius
- 04:09 – 05:22 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