Kolkata panchang, 21 May 2025
Sunrise 04:55 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 00:28 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 18:11- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:34 – 08:14
- Gulika Kalam 09:53 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:33 – 13:12
- 04:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 04:56 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:13 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:11 to 04:54 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 00:34 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 03:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 04:56
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 18:58 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 00:34 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 04:56, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 04:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 04:56 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:13 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:58 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 00:34 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 03:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:53 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:06 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:12
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:34 – 01:46 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 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 18:11 – 20:20
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:55 – 06:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:34 – 08:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:14 – 09:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:53 – 11:33 | Good |
| Rog | 11:33 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:12 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Char | 14:52 – 16:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:31 – 18:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:11 – 19:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:31 – 20:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:52 – 22:12 | Good |
| Char | 22:12 – 23:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:33 – 00:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:53 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:13 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:34 – 04:54 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 NowMercury
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:33 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 04:55 NowMercury
- 05:55 NowMoon
- 06:55 NowSaturn
- 07:55 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 09:55 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:55 NowSaturn
- 14:55 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 16:55 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 18:55 NowMercury
- 19:55 NowMoon
- 20:55 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:55 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 03:55 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 04:35 Aries
- 04:35 – 06:34 Taurus
- 06:34 – 08:47 Gemini
- 08:47 – 11:03 Cancer
- 11:03 – 13:14 Leo
- 13:14 – 15:24 Virgo
- 15:24 – 17:38 Libra
- 17:38 – 19:54 Scorpio
- 19:54 – 21:59 Sagittarius
- 21:59 – 23:46 Capricorn
- 23:46 – 01:20 next day Aquarius
- 01:20 – 02:51 next day Pisces
- 02:51 – 04:32 next day Aries
- 04:32 – 04:54 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