Kolkata panchang, 15 May 2025
Sunrise 04:57 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 20:44 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:57 – 06:36
- Gulika Kalam 08:15 – 09:54
- Durmuhurta 09:21 – 10:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam 13:11 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:30
- 07:01 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 14:07 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 14:07 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 15:19 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:08 to 04:56 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:30 – 04:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 04:03 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 14:07 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shiva until 07:01
- Karana Vanija until 15:19, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:01 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 14:07 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 14:07 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 15:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:57 – 06:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:21 – 10:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:30
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. 03:30 – 04:14
- 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 18:08 – 20:18
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:57 – 06:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:36 – 08:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:15 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Char | 09:54 – 11:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:33 – 13:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:11 – 14:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:50 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:29 – 18:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:08 – 19:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:29 – 20:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:50 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:11 – 23:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:32 – 00:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:53 – 02:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:14 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:35 – 04:56 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
- 04:57 NowJupiter
- 06:03 NowMars
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:21 NowMercury
- 10:27 NowMoon
- 11:33 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:44 NowMars
- 14:50 NowSun
- 15:56 NowVenus
- 17:02 NowMercury
- 18:08 NowMoon
- 19:02 NowSaturn
- 19:56 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:32 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:14 NowJupiter
- 03:08 NowMars
- 04:02 NowSun
- 04:57 NowJupiter
- 05:57 NowMars
- 06:57 NowSun
- 07:57 NowVenus
- 08:57 NowMercury
- 09:57 NowMoon
- 10:57 NowSaturn
- 11:57 NowJupiter
- 12:57 NowMars
- 13:57 NowSun
- 14:57 NowVenus
- 15:57 NowMercury
- 16:57 NowMoon
- 17:57 NowSaturn
- 18:57 NowJupiter
- 19:57 NowMars
- 20:57 NowSun
- 21:57 NowVenus
- 22:57 NowMercury
- 23:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSaturn
- 01:57 NowJupiter
- 02:57 NowMars
- 03:57 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:30 – 04:59 Aries
- 04:59 – 06:57 Taurus
- 06:57 – 09:11 Gemini
- 09:11 – 11:26 Cancer
- 11:26 – 13:38 Leo
- 13:38 – 15:48 Virgo
- 15:48 – 18:02 Libra
- 18:02 – 20:18 Scorpio
- 20:18 – 22:23 Sagittarius
- 22:23 – 00:10 next day Capricorn
- 00:10 – 01:43 next day Aquarius
- 01:43 – 03:14 next day Pisces
- 03:14 – 04:55 next day Aries
- 04:55 – 04:56 next day Taurus
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