Kolkata panchang, 16 April 2025
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 20:59 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:16 to 17:56- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:51 – 08:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:01 – 11:36
- Durmuhurta 11:11 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 12:01 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:36 – 13:11
- 13:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:17 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:56 to 05:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:18 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 13:17
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 05:55 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 00:18 next day
- Karana Vishti until 13:17, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:18 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:32 – 00:18 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:01 – 11:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:11 – 12:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:36 – 13:11
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. 03:45 – 04:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:11 – 12:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:12
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:16 – 05:15 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:16 – 05:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:16 – 06:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:51 – 08:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:26 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:01 – 11:36 | Good |
| Rog | 11:36 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:21 – 17:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:56 – 19:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:21 – 20:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:46 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 23:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:36 – 01:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:01 – 02:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:25 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:50 – 05:15 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
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:36 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:22 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 05:12 Pisces
- 05:12 – 06:53 Aries
- 06:53 – 08:51 Taurus
- 08:51 – 11:05 Gemini
- 11:05 – 13:20 Cancer
- 13:20 – 15:32 Leo
- 15:32 – 17:42 Virgo
- 17:42 – 19:56 Libra
- 19:56 – 22:12 Scorpio
- 22:12 – 00:17 next day Sagittarius
- 00:17 – 02:04 next day Capricorn
- 02:04 – 03:37 next day Aquarius
- 03:37 – 05:09 next day Pisces
- 05:09 – 05:15 next day Aries
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