Kolkata panchang, 12 April 2025
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 17:28 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:20 to 17:54- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:20 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta 05:20 – 06:10
- Durmuhurta 06:10 – 07:00
- Rahu Kalam 08:28 – 10:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 12:02
- Yamaganda 13:11 – 14:46
- 16:36 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:54 to 05:19 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:07 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 20:40 Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 05:52 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 18:07 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 20:40
- Karana Vishti until 16:36, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 16:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:07 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 20:40 Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:20 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:20 – 06:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:10 – 07:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:46
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:20 – 18:07
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:07 – 05:19 next day
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. 03:48 – 04:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:12 – 12:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:11
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:20 – 06:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:54 – 08:28 | Good |
| Rog | 08:28 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:03 – 11:37 | Bad |
| Char | 11:37 – 13:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:11 – 14:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:46 – 16:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:20 – 17:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:54 – 19:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:20 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:45 – 22:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:11 – 23:37 | Good |
| Char | 23:37 – 01:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:02 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:28 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:53 – 05:19 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
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:31 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:37 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:49 NowSun
- 16:51 NowVenus
- 17:54 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:48 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:42 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:37 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMercury
- 01:31 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:22 NowMars
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:20 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:20 NowMercury
- 11:20 NowMoon
- 12:20 NowSaturn
- 13:20 NowJupiter
- 14:20 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:20 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:20 NowJupiter
- 21:20 NowMars
- 22:20 NowSun
- 23:20 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMercury
- 01:20 NowMoon
- 02:20 NowSaturn
- 03:20 NowJupiter
- 04:20 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 03:57 Aquarius
- 03:57 – 05:28 Pisces
- 05:28 – 07:09 Aries
- 07:09 – 09:07 Taurus
- 09:07 – 11:20 Gemini
- 11:20 – 13:36 Cancer
- 13:36 – 15:47 Leo
- 15:47 – 17:58 Virgo
- 17:58 – 20:12 Libra
- 20:12 – 22:27 Scorpio
- 22:27 – 00:33 next day Sagittarius
- 00:33 – 02:20 next day Capricorn
- 02:20 – 03:53 next day Aquarius
- 03:53 – 05:19 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