Kolkata panchang, 21 April 2025
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 00:29 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:12 to 17:58- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:48 – 08:23
- Yamaganda 09:59 – 11:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:09 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 12:00 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam 13:11 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:25
- 07:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:37 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
17:58 to 05:11 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 03:41 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 18:59 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:00 Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 18:59
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 12:37 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 23:00
- Karana Balava until 07:05, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:37 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 18:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 18:59 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:00 Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:48 – 08:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:00 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:25
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:12 – 06:29
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:29 – 14:15
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. 03:42 – 04:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:09 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:37 – 05:11 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:15 – 05:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:12 – 06:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:48 – 08:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:23 – 09:59 | Good |
| Rog | 09:59 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:35 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Char | 13:11 – 14:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:46 – 16:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:22 – 17:58 | Good |
| Char | 17:58 – 19:22 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:22 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:46 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:10 – 23:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:34 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:59 – 02:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:23 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:47 – 05:11 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:12 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:31 NowVenus
- 11:35 NowMercury
- 12:39 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:54 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 18:54 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:34 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:31 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMoon
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:12 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:12 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:12 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:12 NowMoon
- 20:12 NowSaturn
- 21:12 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:12 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:12 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:12 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:42 – 04:53 Pisces
- 04:53 – 06:33 Aries
- 06:33 – 08:32 Taurus
- 08:32 – 10:45 Gemini
- 10:45 – 13:01 Cancer
- 13:01 – 15:12 Leo
- 15:12 – 17:22 Virgo
- 17:22 – 19:36 Libra
- 19:36 – 21:52 Scorpio
- 21:52 – 23:57 Sagittarius
- 23:57 – 01:44 next day Capricorn
- 01:44 – 03:18 next day Aquarius
- 03:18 – 04:49 next day Pisces
- 04:49 – 05:11 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