Kolkata panchang, 30 April 2025
Sunrise 05:05 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 06:54 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:05 to 18:01- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:42 – 08:19
- Gulika Kalam 09:56 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta 11:08 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:08 – 11:59 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:33 – 13:10
- 12:01 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 14:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:18 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
18:01 to 05:05 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 03:36 – 04:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:14 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 14:12
- Nakshatra Rohini until 16:18 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 12:01
- Karana Gara until 14:12, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:01 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 14:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:18 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:14 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:42 – 08:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:56 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:08 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:10
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:01 – 14:25
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. 03:37 – 04:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:05 – 16:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:18 – 05:05 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:18 – 05:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:05 – 06:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:42 – 08:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:19 – 09:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:56 – 11:33 | Good |
| Rog | 11:33 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:10 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:24 – 18:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:01 – 19:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:24 – 20:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:47 – 22:10 | Good |
| Char | 22:10 – 23:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:33 – 00:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:56 – 02:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:19 – 03:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:42 – 05:05 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
- 05:05 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:33 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowMercury
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:05 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:37 – 04:17 Pisces
- 04:17 – 05:58 Aries
- 05:58 – 07:56 Taurus
- 07:56 – 10:10 Gemini
- 10:10 – 12:25 Cancer
- 12:25 – 14:37 Leo
- 14:37 – 16:47 Virgo
- 16:47 – 19:01 Libra
- 19:01 – 21:17 Scorpio
- 21:17 – 23:22 Sagittarius
- 23:22 – 01:09 next day Capricorn
- 01:09 – 02:42 next day Aquarius
- 02:42 – 04:13 next day Pisces
- 04:13 – 05:05 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