Kolkata panchang, 28 April 2025
Sunrise 05:07 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 05:09 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:07 to 18:01- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:43 – 08:20
- Yamaganda 09:57 – 11:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:08 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam 13:10 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:26
- 11:05 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:01 to 05:06 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 03:37 – 04:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:02 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 21:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:37 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 02:53 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 21:11
- Nakshatra Bharani until 21:37 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 20:02
- Karana Kimstughna until 11:05, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:05 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:02 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 21:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:37 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 02:53 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:43 – 08:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:57 – 11:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:26
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. 03:38 – 04:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:08 – 11:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:14
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:07 – 06:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:43 – 08:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:20 – 09:57 | Good |
| Rog | 09:57 – 11:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:34 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Char | 13:10 – 14:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:47 – 16:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:24 – 18:01 | Good |
| Char | 18:01 – 19:24 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:24 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:47 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:10 – 23:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:33 – 00:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:57 – 02:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:20 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:43 – 05:06 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
- 05:07 NowMoon
- 06:11 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:34 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:47 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 18:01 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:33 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:11 NowJupiter
- 05:07 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:07 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 09:07 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:07 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:07 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:07 NowMercury
- 19:07 NowMoon
- 20:07 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:07 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:07 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:38 – 04:25 Pisces
- 04:25 – 06:06 Aries
- 06:06 – 08:04 Taurus
- 08:04 – 10:18 Gemini
- 10:18 – 12:33 Cancer
- 12:33 – 14:45 Leo
- 14:45 – 16:55 Virgo
- 16:55 – 19:09 Libra
- 19:09 – 21:25 Scorpio
- 21:25 – 23:30 Sagittarius
- 23:30 – 01:17 next day Capricorn
- 01:17 – 02:50 next day Aquarius
- 02:50 – 04:21 next day Pisces
- 04:21 – 05:06 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