Kolkata panchang, 17 April 2025
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 21:55 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:15 to 17:56- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:15 – 06:50
- Gulika Kalam 08:26 – 10:01
- Durmuhurta 09:29 – 10:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 12:01
- Rahu Kalam 13:11 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:24
- 05:55 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 15:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 15:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:56 to 05:14 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 03:44 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 15:23
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 05:55 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 00:50 next day
- Karana Balava until 15:23, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:55 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 15:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 15:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:15 – 06:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 10:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:29 – 10:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:24
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:50 – 12:56 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. 03:45 – 04:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:10 – 12:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:15 – 05:55
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:23 – 05:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:15 – 06:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:50 – 08:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:26 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Char | 10:01 – 11:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:36 – 13:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:11 – 14:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:46 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:21 – 17:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:56 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:21 – 20:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:46 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:11 – 23:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:35 – 01:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:00 – 02:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:25 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:50 – 05:14 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
- 05:15 NowJupiter
- 06:19 NowMars
- 07:22 NowSun
- 08:26 NowVenus
- 09:29 NowMercury
- 10:32 NowMoon
- 11:36 NowSaturn
- 12:39 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:46 NowSun
- 15:49 NowVenus
- 16:53 NowMercury
- 17:56 NowMoon
- 18:53 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:46 NowMars
- 21:42 NowSun
- 22:39 NowVenus
- 23:35 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMoon
- 01:28 NowSaturn
- 02:25 NowJupiter
- 03:21 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
- 05:15 NowJupiter
- 06:15 NowMars
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:15 NowMoon
- 11:15 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:15 NowSaturn
- 19:15 NowJupiter
- 20:15 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:15 NowVenus
- 23:15 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:15 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:15 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 05:09 Pisces
- 05:09 – 06:49 Aries
- 06:49 – 08:48 Taurus
- 08:48 – 11:01 Gemini
- 11:01 – 13:17 Cancer
- 13:17 – 15:28 Leo
- 15:28 – 17:38 Virgo
- 17:38 – 19:52 Libra
- 19:52 – 22:08 Scorpio
- 22:08 – 00:13 next day Sagittarius
- 00:13 – 02:00 next day Capricorn
- 02:00 – 03:33 next day Aquarius
- 03:33 – 05:05 next day Pisces
- 05:05 – 05:14 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