Kolkata panchang, 9 May 2025
Sunrise 05:00 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 15:25 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:38 – 08:16
- Durmuhurta 07:37 – 08:29
- Rahu Kalam 09:54 – 11:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:51
- Yamaganda 14:49 – 16:27
- 14:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 14:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:05 to 04:59 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:32 – 04:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 02:57 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 04:13 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 14:56
- Nakshatra Hasta until 00:09 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vajra until 02:57 next day
- Karana Balava until 14:56, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 14:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 02:57 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 04:13 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:38 – 08:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:37 – 08:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:27
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 – 04:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:06 – 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 00:09 – 04:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:00 – 06:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:38 – 08:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:16 – 09:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:54 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:33 – 13:11 | Good |
| Rog | 13:11 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:49 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Char | 16:27 – 18:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:05 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:27 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:49 – 22:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:11 – 23:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:32 – 00:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:54 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:16 – 03:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:38 – 04:59 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
- 05:00 NowVenus
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowVenus
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:33 – 03:42 Pisces
- 03:42 – 05:23 Aries
- 05:23 – 07:21 Taurus
- 07:21 – 09:34 Gemini
- 09:34 – 11:50 Cancer
- 11:50 – 14:01 Leo
- 14:01 – 16:11 Virgo
- 16:11 – 18:26 Libra
- 18:26 – 20:41 Scorpio
- 20:41 – 22:47 Sagittarius
- 22:47 – 00:34 next day Capricorn
- 00:34 – 02:07 next day Aquarius
- 02:07 – 03:38 next day Pisces
- 03:38 – 04:59 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