Kolkata panchang, 23 April 2025
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 01:53 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:10 to 17:59- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:46 – 08:22
- Gulika Kalam 09:58 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta 11:09 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:09 – 12:00 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:35 – 13:11
- 05:34 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:07 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:43 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:59 to 05:10 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 03:40 – 04:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 16:43
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 12:07 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 18:51
- Karana Vanija until 05:34, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:34 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:07 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:34 – 16:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:46 – 08:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:09 – 12:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:11
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:10 – 12:07
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 14:37 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:38 – 15:36
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. 03:41 – 04:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:59 – 20:13
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:10 – 06:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:46 – 08:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:22 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:58 – 11:35 | Good |
| Rog | 11:35 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:23 – 17:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:59 – 19:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:22 – 20:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:46 – 22:10 | Good |
| Char | 22:10 – 23:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:34 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:58 – 02:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:22 – 03:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:46 – 05:10 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
- 05:10 NowMercury
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:34 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:10 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:10 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:41 – 04:45 Pisces
- 04:45 – 06:26 Aries
- 06:26 – 08:24 Taurus
- 08:24 – 10:37 Gemini
- 10:37 – 12:53 Cancer
- 12:53 – 15:04 Leo
- 15:04 – 17:14 Virgo
- 17:14 – 19:29 Libra
- 19:29 – 21:44 Scorpio
- 21:44 – 23:50 Sagittarius
- 23:50 – 01:36 next day Capricorn
- 01:36 – 03:10 next day Aquarius
- 03:10 – 04:41 next day Pisces
- 04:41 – 05:10 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