Kolkata panchang, 26 April 2025
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 03:45 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:08 to 18:00- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:08 – 06:45
- Durmuhurta 05:08 – 06:00
- Durmuhurta 06:00 – 06:51
- Rahu Kalam 08:21 – 09:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:08 – 12:00
- Yamaganda 13:10 – 14:47
- 06:27 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:41 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
18:00 to 05:07 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 03:38 – 04:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:41 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 03:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 03:38 next day Moon enters Aries
- 04:35 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:50 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:50 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 08:28
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 06:27 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 08:41
- Karana Vanija until 08:28, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:27 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:41 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 18:41 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 03:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 03:38 next day Moon enters Aries
- 04:35 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:50 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:50 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:30 – 08:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:08 – 06:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:08 – 06:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:00 – 06:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:21 – 09:58
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:28 – 18:41
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:41 – 09:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:47
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:27 – 03:38 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. 03:39 – 04:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:08 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:28 – 04:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:08 – 06:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:45 – 08:21 | Good |
| Rog | 08:21 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:58 – 11:34 | Bad |
| Char | 11:34 – 13:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:10 – 14:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:47 – 16:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:23 – 18:00 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:00 – 19:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:23 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:47 – 22:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:10 – 23:34 | Good |
| Char | 23:34 – 00:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:57 – 02:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:21 – 03:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:44 – 05:07 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
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:21 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:30 NowMercury
- 11:34 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:47 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 16:55 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 18:55 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:47 NowJupiter
- 21:42 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:34 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:21 NowSaturn
- 03:16 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 09:08 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:08 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:08 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:08 NowMoon
- 19:08 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:08 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:39 – 04:33 Pisces
- 04:33 – 06:14 Aries
- 06:14 – 08:12 Taurus
- 08:12 – 10:25 Gemini
- 10:25 – 12:41 Cancer
- 12:41 – 14:52 Leo
- 14:52 – 17:03 Virgo
- 17:03 – 19:17 Libra
- 19:17 – 21:32 Scorpio
- 21:32 – 23:38 Sagittarius
- 23:38 – 01:25 next day Capricorn
- 01:25 – 02:58 next day Aquarius
- 02:58 – 04:29 next day Pisces
- 04:29 – 05:07 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