Kolkata panchang, 20 May 2025
Sunrise 04:55 Sunset 18:10 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:55 to 18:10- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:34 – 08:27
- Yamaganda 08:14 – 09:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Gulika Kalam 11:33 – 13:12
- Rahu Kalam 14:52 – 16:31
- 05:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 05:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 07:35 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:10 to 04:55 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:32 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:50 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 05:52
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 19:32 · lord Mars
- Yoga Indra until 02:50 next day
- Karana Bava until 05:52, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 05:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 05:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 07:35 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:32 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:50 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:34 – 08:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:31
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:50 – 00:34 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:55 – 19:32
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 19:32 – 04:55 next day
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. 03:29 – 04:12
- 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 18:10 – 20:19
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:52 – 04:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 04:55 – 06:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:34 – 08:14 | Bad |
| Char | 08:14 – 09:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:53 – 11:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:33 – 13:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:12 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:52 – 16:31 | Good |
| Rog | 16:31 – 18:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:10 – 19:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:31 – 20:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:51 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:12 – 23:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:33 – 00:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:53 – 02:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:14 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:34 – 04:55 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
- 04:55 NowMars
- 06:01 NowSun
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:26 NowSaturn
- 11:33 NowJupiter
- 12:39 NowMars
- 13:45 NowSun
- 14:52 NowVenus
- 15:58 NowMercury
- 17:04 NowMoon
- 18:10 NowSaturn
- 19:04 NowJupiter
- 19:58 NowMars
- 20:51 NowSun
- 21:45 NowVenus
- 22:39 NowMercury
- 23:33 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 04:55 NowMars
- 05:55 NowSun
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 07:55 NowMercury
- 08:55 NowMoon
- 09:55 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 14:55 NowMercury
- 15:55 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 19:55 NowSun
- 20:55 NowVenus
- 21:55 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:55 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 03:55 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 04:39 Aries
- 04:39 – 06:38 Taurus
- 06:38 – 08:51 Gemini
- 08:51 – 11:07 Cancer
- 11:07 – 13:18 Leo
- 13:18 – 15:28 Virgo
- 15:28 – 17:42 Libra
- 17:42 – 19:58 Scorpio
- 19:58 – 22:03 Sagittarius
- 22:03 – 23:50 Capricorn
- 23:50 – 01:24 next day Aquarius
- 01:24 – 02:55 next day Pisces
- 02:55 – 04:35 next day Aries
- 04:35 – 04:55 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