Kolkata panchang, 1 May 2025
Sunrise 05:05 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 07:55 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 18:02- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:05 – 06:42
- Gulika Kalam 08:19 – 09:56
- Durmuhurta 09:24 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam 13:10 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:26
- 08:34 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 11:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:24 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:20 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
18:02 to 05:04 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 03:36 – 04:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:14 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 11:24
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 14:20 · lord Mars
- Yoga Atiganda until 08:34
- Karana Vishti until 11:24, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:34 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 11:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:24 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:20 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 22:14 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:05 – 06:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:19 – 09:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:24 – 10:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:26
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:05 – 14:20
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:20 – 05:04 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. 03:36 – 04:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:07 – 11:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:05 – 14:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 11:24 – 05:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:05 – 06:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:42 – 08:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:19 – 09:56 | Bad |
| Char | 09:56 – 11:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:33 – 13:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:10 – 14:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:48 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:25 – 18:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:02 – 19:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:25 – 20:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:47 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:10 – 23:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:33 – 00:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:56 – 02:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:18 – 03:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:41 – 05:04 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
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 06:09 NowMars
- 07:14 NowSun
- 08:19 NowVenus
- 09:24 NowMercury
- 10:29 NowMoon
- 11:33 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:48 NowSun
- 15:52 NowVenus
- 16:57 NowMercury
- 18:02 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 19:52 NowJupiter
- 20:47 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:33 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMoon
- 01:23 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:14 NowMars
- 04:09 NowSun
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 06:05 NowMars
- 07:05 NowSun
- 08:05 NowVenus
- 09:05 NowMercury
- 10:05 NowMoon
- 11:05 NowSaturn
- 12:05 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:05 NowVenus
- 16:05 NowMercury
- 17:05 NowMoon
- 18:05 NowSaturn
- 19:05 NowJupiter
- 20:05 NowMars
- 21:05 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:05 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:05 NowJupiter
- 03:05 NowMars
- 04:05 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:36 – 04:13 Pisces
- 04:13 – 05:54 Aries
- 05:54 – 07:52 Taurus
- 07:52 – 10:06 Gemini
- 10:06 – 12:21 Cancer
- 12:21 – 14:33 Leo
- 14:33 – 16:43 Virgo
- 16:43 – 18:57 Libra
- 18:57 – 21:13 Scorpio
- 21:13 – 23:18 Sagittarius
- 23:18 – 01:05 next day Capricorn
- 01:05 – 02:38 next day Aquarius
- 02:38 – 04:10 next day Pisces
- 04:10 – 05:04 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