Kolkata panchang, 20 April 2025
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 17:57 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:13 to 17:57- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 12:01
- Yamaganda 11:35 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:22
- Durmuhurta 16:15 – 17:06
- Rahu Kalam 16:22 – 17:57
- 06:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
17:57 to 05:12 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 03:42 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:04 Moon enters Capricorn
- 19:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:12 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 19:01
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 11:48 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 00:12 next day
- Karana Vishti until 06:46, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:04 Moon enters Capricorn
- 19:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:12 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:15 – 17:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:22 – 17:57
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. 03:43 – 04:28
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:13 – 11:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:48 – 05:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:13 – 06:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:48 – 08:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:24 – 10:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:00 – 11:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:35 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:11 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:22 – 17:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:57 – 19:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:22 – 20:46 | Good |
| Char | 20:46 – 22:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:10 – 23:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:35 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:59 – 02:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:23 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:48 – 05:12 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
- 05:13 NowSun
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:31 NowJupiter
- 11:35 NowMars
- 12:39 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:35 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:31 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowSun
- 06:13 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:13 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:13 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:13 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:13 NowSun
- 20:13 NowVenus
- 21:13 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:43 – 04:57 Pisces
- 04:57 – 06:37 Aries
- 06:37 – 08:36 Taurus
- 08:36 – 10:49 Gemini
- 10:49 – 13:05 Cancer
- 13:05 – 15:16 Leo
- 15:16 – 17:26 Virgo
- 17:26 – 19:40 Libra
- 19:40 – 21:56 Scorpio
- 21:56 – 00:01 next day Sagittarius
- 00:01 – 01:48 next day Capricorn
- 01:48 – 03:22 next day Aquarius
- 03:22 – 04:53 next day Pisces
- 04:53 – 05:12 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