Kolkata panchang, 12 May 2025
Sunrise 04:58 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 17:59 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:58 to 18:07- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:37 – 08:15
- Yamaganda 09:54 – 11:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam 13:11 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:29
- 05:00 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 06:17 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 09:15 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:07 to 04:58 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 03:31 – 04:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:27 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 22:25
- Nakshatra Swati until 06:17 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 05:00
- Karana Vishti until 09:15, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:00 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 06:17 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 09:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:27 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:00 – 05:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:37 – 08:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:29
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. 03:31 – 04:15
- 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 18:07 – 20:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:58 – 06:17
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:58 – 06:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:37 – 08:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:15 – 09:54 | Good |
| Rog | 09:54 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:33 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Char | 13:11 – 14:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:50 – 16:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:28 – 18:07 | Good |
| Char | 18:07 – 19:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:28 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:50 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:11 – 23:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:32 – 00:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:54 – 02:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:15 – 03:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:36 – 04:58 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
- 04:58 NowMoon
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:27 NowVenus
- 11:33 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:44 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 17:01 NowSun
- 18:07 NowVenus
- 19:01 NowMercury
- 19:55 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:32 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:27 NowVenus
- 01:21 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:58 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:31 – 05:11 Aries
- 05:11 – 07:09 Taurus
- 07:09 – 09:23 Gemini
- 09:23 – 11:38 Cancer
- 11:38 – 13:50 Leo
- 13:50 – 16:00 Virgo
- 16:00 – 18:14 Libra
- 18:14 – 20:30 Scorpio
- 20:30 – 22:35 Sagittarius
- 22:35 – 00:22 next day Capricorn
- 00:22 – 01:55 next day Aquarius
- 01:55 – 03:26 next day Pisces
- 03:26 – 04:58 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