Kolkata panchang, 4 May 2025
Sunrise 05:03 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 11:04 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:59
- Yamaganda 11:33 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 14:48 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta 16:19 – 17:11
- Rahu Kalam 16:26 – 18:03
- 07:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 07:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:53 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
18:03 to 05:02 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 03:34 – 04:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:41 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 07:19
- Nakshatra Pushya until 12:53 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 00:41 next day
- Karana Vanija until 07:19, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 07:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:53 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 19:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:41 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- 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
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 07:19 – 19:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:19 – 17:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:26 – 18:03
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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:03 – 12:53
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:03 – 06:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:40 – 08:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:18 – 09:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:55 – 11:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:33 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:11 – 14:48 | Good |
| Rog | 14:48 – 16:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:26 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:03 – 19:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:26 – 20:48 | Good |
| Char | 20:48 – 22:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:10 – 23:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:33 – 00:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:55 – 02:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:17 – 03:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:40 – 05:02 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 NowSun
- 06:08 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:53 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 18:03 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 19:53 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:33 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowSun
- 06:03 NowVenus
- 07:03 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:03 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 15:03 NowMoon
- 16:03 NowSaturn
- 17:03 NowJupiter
- 18:03 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 20:03 NowVenus
- 21:03 NowMercury
- 22:03 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:35 – 04:02 Pisces
- 04:02 – 05:42 Aries
- 05:42 – 07:41 Taurus
- 07:41 – 09:54 Gemini
- 09:54 – 12:10 Cancer
- 12:10 – 14:21 Leo
- 14:21 – 16:31 Virgo
- 16:31 – 18:45 Libra
- 18:45 – 21:01 Scorpio
- 21:01 – 23:06 Sagittarius
- 23:06 – 00:53 next day Capricorn
- 00:53 – 02:27 next day Aquarius
- 02:27 – 03:58 next day Pisces
- 03:58 – 05:02 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