Kolkata panchang, 3 May 2025
Sunrise 05:03 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 10:03 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:03 to 18:03- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:03 – 06:41
- Durmuhurta 05:03 – 05:55
- Durmuhurta 05:55 – 06:47
- Rahu Kalam 08:18 – 09:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:59
- Yamaganda 13:10 – 14:48
- 06:37 Moon enters Cancer
- 07:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 07:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:34 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:03 to 05:03 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 03:35 – 04:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:29 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:40 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 07:52
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 12:34 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 01:40 next day
- Karana Taitila until 07:52, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:37 Moon enters Cancer
- 07:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 07:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:34 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 19:29 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:40 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:03 – 06:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:03 – 05:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:55 – 06:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:18 – 09:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:48
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:40 – 04:04 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. 03:35 – 04:19
- 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 18:03 – 20:15
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:03 – 12:34
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:03 – 06:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:41 – 08:18 | Good |
| Rog | 08:18 – 09:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:56 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Char | 11:33 – 13:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:10 – 14:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:48 – 16:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:25 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:03 – 19:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:25 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:48 – 22:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:10 – 23:33 | Good |
| Char | 23:33 – 00:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:55 – 02:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:18 – 03:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:40 – 05:03 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
- 05:03 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:23 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:33 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:48 NowMars
- 15:53 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 18:03 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:53 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:33 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:23 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:13 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
- 05:03 NowSaturn
- 06:03 NowJupiter
- 07:03 NowMars
- 08:03 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 10:03 NowMercury
- 11:03 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 13:03 NowJupiter
- 14:03 NowMars
- 15:03 NowSun
- 16:03 NowVenus
- 17:03 NowMercury
- 18:03 NowMoon
- 19:03 NowSaturn
- 20:03 NowJupiter
- 21:03 NowMars
- 22:03 NowSun
- 23:03 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 01:03 NowMoon
- 02:03 NowSaturn
- 03:03 NowJupiter
- 04:03 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:35 – 04:06 Pisces
- 04:06 – 05:46 Aries
- 05:46 – 07:45 Taurus
- 07:45 – 09:58 Gemini
- 09:58 – 12:14 Cancer
- 12:14 – 14:25 Leo
- 14:25 – 16:35 Virgo
- 16:35 – 18:49 Libra
- 18:49 – 21:05 Scorpio
- 21:05 – 23:10 Sagittarius
- 23:10 – 00:57 next day Capricorn
- 00:57 – 02:31 next day Aquarius
- 02:31 – 04:02 next day Pisces
- 04:02 – 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