Kolkata panchang, 5 May 2025
Sunrise 05:02 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 12:02 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:02 to 18:04- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:40 – 08:18
- Yamaganda 09:55 – 11:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam 13:11 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:27
- 07:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 07:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:01 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 14:01 Moon enters Leo
Night
18:04 to 05:02 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 03:34 – 04:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:19 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 07:36
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 14:01 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 00:19 next day
- Karana Bava until 07:36, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 07:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:01 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 14:01 Moon enters Leo
- 20:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:19 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:27
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 12:33 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:28 – 13:37
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. 03:34 – 04:18
- 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 18:04 – 20:15
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:01 – 05:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:02 – 06:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:40 – 08:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:18 – 09:55 | Good |
| Rog | 09:55 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:33 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Char | 13:11 – 14:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:48 – 16:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:26 – 18:04 | Good |
| Char | 18:04 – 19:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:26 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:48 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:10 – 23:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:33 – 00:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:55 – 02:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:17 – 03:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:39 – 05:02 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:33 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 18:04 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:48 NowSaturn
- 21:43 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:33 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:27 NowVenus
- 01:22 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:07 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 06:02 NowSaturn
- 07:02 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:02 NowSaturn
- 14:02 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 16:02 NowSun
- 17:02 NowVenus
- 18:02 NowMercury
- 19:02 NowMoon
- 20:02 NowSaturn
- 21:02 NowJupiter
- 22:02 NowMars
- 23:02 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:34 – 03:58 Pisces
- 03:58 – 05:38 Aries
- 05:38 – 07:37 Taurus
- 07:37 – 09:50 Gemini
- 09:50 – 12:06 Cancer
- 12:06 – 14:17 Leo
- 14:17 – 16:27 Virgo
- 16:27 – 18:41 Libra
- 18:41 – 20:57 Scorpio
- 20:57 – 23:02 Sagittarius
- 23:02 – 00:49 next day Capricorn
- 00:49 – 02:23 next day Aquarius
- 02:23 – 03:54 next day Pisces
- 03:54 – 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