Kolkata panchang, 2 May 2025
Sunrise 05:04 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 08:59 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:04 to 18:02- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:41 – 08:19
- Durmuhurta 07:40 – 08:32
- Rahu Kalam 09:56 – 11:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:51
- Yamaganda 14:48 – 16:25
- 05:38 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 09:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:04 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:02 to 05:03 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 03:35 – 04:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:27 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:19 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 09:15
- Nakshatra Ardra until 13:04 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sukarman until 05:38
- Karana Balava until 09:15, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:38 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 09:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:04 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 20:27 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:19 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:41 – 08:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:40 – 08:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:56 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:25
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:19 – 05:19 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 – 20:15
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:15 – 05:03 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:04 – 05:03 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:04 – 05:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:04 – 06:41 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:41 – 08:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:19 – 09:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:56 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:33 – 13:10 | Good |
| Rog | 13:10 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:48 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Char | 16:25 – 18:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:02 – 19:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:25 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:48 – 22:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:10 – 23:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:33 – 00:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:55 – 02:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:18 – 03:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:41 – 05:03 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
- 05:04 NowVenus
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 18:02 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:33 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowVenus
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:36 – 04:10 Pisces
- 04:10 – 05:50 Aries
- 05:50 – 07:49 Taurus
- 07:49 – 10:02 Gemini
- 10:02 – 12:18 Cancer
- 12:18 – 14:29 Leo
- 14:29 – 16:39 Virgo
- 16:39 – 18:53 Libra
- 18:53 – 21:09 Scorpio
- 21:09 – 23:14 Sagittarius
- 23:14 – 01:01 next day Capricorn
- 01:01 – 02:35 next day Aquarius
- 02:35 – 04:06 next day Pisces
- 04:06 – 05:03 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