Kolkata panchang, 14 May 2025
Sunrise 04:57 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 19:49 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:57 to 18:08- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:36 – 08:15
- Gulika Kalam 09:54 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:33 – 13:11
- 06:33 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 11:47 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 13:35 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:08 to 04:57 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:30 – 04:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:29 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 02:29 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 02:29 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 11:47 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 06:33
- Karana Taitila until 13:35, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:33 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 11:47 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 13:35 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:29 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 02:29 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:06 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:11
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 – 04:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:08 – 20:18
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 04:57 – 11:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:57 – 11:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:57 – 02:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:57 – 06:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:36 – 08:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:15 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:54 – 11:33 | Good |
| Rog | 11:33 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Char | 14:50 – 16:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:29 – 18:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:08 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:29 – 20:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:50 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 23:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:32 – 00:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:53 – 02:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:15 – 03:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:36 – 04:57 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
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:32 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:03 NowSaturn
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 05:57 NowMoon
- 06:57 NowSaturn
- 07:57 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:57 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 21:57 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:31 – 05:03 Aries
- 05:03 – 07:01 Taurus
- 07:01 – 09:15 Gemini
- 09:15 – 11:30 Cancer
- 11:30 – 13:42 Leo
- 13:42 – 15:52 Virgo
- 15:52 – 18:06 Libra
- 18:06 – 20:22 Scorpio
- 20:22 – 22:27 Sagittarius
- 22:27 – 00:14 next day Capricorn
- 00:14 – 01:47 next day Aquarius
- 01:47 – 03:18 next day Pisces
- 03:18 – 04:57 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