Kolkata panchang, 8 May 2025
Sunrise 05:00 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 14:36 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:00 to 18:05- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:00 – 06:38
- Gulika Kalam 08:17 – 09:55
- Durmuhurta 09:22 – 10:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam 13:11 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:28
- 12:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 12:29 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:05 to 05:00 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:33 – 04:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 01:41 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 01:56 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 12:29
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 21:06 · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 01:56 next day
- Karana Vishti until 12:29, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 12:29 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:06 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 01:41 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 01:56 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:22 – 00:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:00 – 06:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 09:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:22 – 10:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:28
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:56 – 03:08 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:00 – 21:06
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 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
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:00 – 06:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:38 – 08:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:17 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Char | 09:55 – 11:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:33 – 13:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:11 – 14:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:49 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:27 – 18:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:05 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:27 – 20:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:49 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:11 – 23:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:32 – 00:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:54 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:16 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:38 – 05:00 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
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:11 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:22 NowMercury
- 10:27 NowMoon
- 11:33 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:49 NowSun
- 15:54 NowVenus
- 17:00 NowMercury
- 18:05 NowMoon
- 19:00 NowSaturn
- 19:54 NowJupiter
- 20:49 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:32 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMoon
- 01:22 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:11 NowMars
- 04:05 NowSun
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 06:00 NowMars
- 07:00 NowSun
- 08:00 NowVenus
- 09:00 NowMercury
- 10:00 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 13:00 NowMars
- 14:00 NowSun
- 15:00 NowVenus
- 16:00 NowMercury
- 17:00 NowMoon
- 18:00 NowSaturn
- 19:00 NowJupiter
- 20:00 NowMars
- 21:00 NowSun
- 22:00 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 02:00 NowJupiter
- 03:00 NowMars
- 04:00 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:33 – 03:46 Pisces
- 03:46 – 05:27 Aries
- 05:27 – 07:25 Taurus
- 07:25 – 09:38 Gemini
- 09:38 – 11:54 Cancer
- 11:54 – 14:05 Leo
- 14:05 – 16:15 Virgo
- 16:15 – 18:30 Libra
- 18:30 – 20:45 Scorpio
- 20:45 – 22:51 Sagittarius
- 22:51 – 00:37 next day Capricorn
- 00:37 – 02:11 next day Aquarius
- 02:11 – 03:42 next day Pisces
- 03:42 – 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