Kolkata panchang, 9 April 2025
Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 14:59 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:22 to 17:53- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:56 – 08:30
- Gulika Kalam 10:04 – 11:38
- Durmuhurta 11:13 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:03 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:38 – 13:12
- 09:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 10:01 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:53 to 05:21 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:25 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 22:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 22:56
- Nakshatra Magha until 09:57 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 18:25
- Karana Bava until 10:01, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 10:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:25 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 22:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:13 – 12:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:38 – 13:12
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 20:58 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 19:52 – 22:05
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. 03:50 – 04:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:22 – 22:56
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:22 – 06:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:56 – 08:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:30 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:04 – 11:38 | Good |
| Rog | 11:38 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:12 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:19 – 17:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:53 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:19 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 23:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:37 – 01:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:03 – 02:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:29 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:55 – 05:21 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
- 05:22 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:37 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:22 NowMercury
- 06:22 NowMoon
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:22 NowMars
- 10:22 NowSun
- 11:22 NowVenus
- 12:22 NowMercury
- 13:22 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:22 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:22 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:22 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:22 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSun
- 01:22 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:22 NowMoon
- 04:22 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 04:09 Aquarius
- 04:09 – 05:40 Pisces
- 05:40 – 07:21 Aries
- 07:21 – 09:19 Taurus
- 09:19 – 11:32 Gemini
- 11:32 – 13:48 Cancer
- 13:48 – 15:59 Leo
- 15:59 – 18:09 Virgo
- 18:09 – 20:24 Libra
- 20:24 – 22:39 Scorpio
- 22:39 – 00:45 next day Sagittarius
- 00:45 – 02:32 next day Capricorn
- 02:32 – 04:05 next day Aquarius
- 04:05 – 05:21 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