Kolkata panchang, 18 April 2025
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 22:49 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:14 to 17:57- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:50 – 08:25
- Durmuhurta 07:47 – 08:38
- Rahu Kalam 10:00 – 11:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 12:01 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 14:46 – 16:21
- 08:21 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 08:21 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:07 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:57 to 05:14 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 03:43 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:03 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 17:07
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 08:21 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 01:03 next day
- Karana Taitila until 17:07, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:21 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 08:21 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:03 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:47 – 08:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:01 – 12:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:21
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:14 – 08:21
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. 03:44 – 04:29
- 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 17:57 – 20:12
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:07 – 05:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:14 – 06:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:50 – 08:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:25 – 10:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:00 – 11:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:36 – 13:11 | Good |
| Rog | 13:11 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Char | 16:21 – 17:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:57 – 19:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:21 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:46 – 22:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:10 – 23:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:35 – 01:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:00 – 02:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:24 – 03:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:49 – 05:14 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
- 05:14 NowVenus
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowVenus
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:44 – 05:05 Pisces
- 05:05 – 06:45 Aries
- 06:45 – 08:44 Taurus
- 08:44 – 10:57 Gemini
- 10:57 – 13:13 Cancer
- 13:13 – 15:24 Leo
- 15:24 – 17:34 Virgo
- 17:34 – 19:48 Libra
- 19:48 – 22:04 Scorpio
- 22:04 – 00:09 next day Sagittarius
- 00:09 – 01:56 next day Capricorn
- 01:56 – 03:30 next day Aquarius
- 03:30 – 05:01 next day Pisces
- 05:01 – 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