Kolkata panchang, 7 May 2025
Sunrise 05:01 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 13:46 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:01 to 18:05- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:39 – 08:17
- Gulika Kalam 09:55 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta 11:07 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:59 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:33 – 13:11
- 10:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 10:20 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:05 to 05:00 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:33 – 04:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:17 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 23:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:57 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 01:04 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 10:20
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 18:17 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyaghata until 01:04 next day
- Karana Gara until 10:20, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 10:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:17 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 23:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:57 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 01:04 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:29 – 04:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:39 – 08:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:07 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:11
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:22 – 00:57 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. 03:33 – 04:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:05 – 20:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:01 – 18:17
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:01 – 06:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:39 – 08:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:17 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:55 – 11:33 | Good |
| Rog | 11:33 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Char | 14:49 – 16:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:27 – 18:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:05 – 19:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:26 – 20:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:48 – 22:10 | Good |
| Char | 22:10 – 23:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:32 – 00:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:54 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:16 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:38 – 05:00 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
- 05:01 NowMercury
- 06:06 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:22 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:32 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:22 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:06 NowSaturn
- 05:01 NowMercury
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 07:01 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 09:01 NowMars
- 10:01 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 14:01 NowSaturn
- 15:01 NowJupiter
- 16:01 NowMars
- 17:01 NowSun
- 18:01 NowVenus
- 19:01 NowMercury
- 20:01 NowMoon
- 21:01 NowSaturn
- 22:01 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 02:01 NowMercury
- 03:01 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:33 – 03:50 Pisces
- 03:50 – 05:30 Aries
- 05:30 – 07:29 Taurus
- 07:29 – 09:42 Gemini
- 09:42 – 11:58 Cancer
- 11:58 – 14:09 Leo
- 14:09 – 16:19 Virgo
- 16:19 – 18:33 Libra
- 18:33 – 20:49 Scorpio
- 20:49 – 22:55 Sagittarius
- 22:55 – 00:41 next day Capricorn
- 00:41 – 02:15 next day Aquarius
- 02:15 – 03:46 next day Pisces
- 03:46 – 05:00 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