Kolkata panchang, 23 May 2025
Sunrise 04:54 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 01:40 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:54 to 18:12- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:34 – 08:13
- Durmuhurta 07:34 – 08:27
- Rahu Kalam 09:53 – 11:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:53
- Yamaganda 14:52 – 16:32
- 11:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:02 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
18:12 to 04:54 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:36 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 22:30
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 16:02 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Priti until 18:36
- Karana Bava until 11:55, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Taurus
- 11:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:02 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 18:36 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:34 – 08:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:53 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:32
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. 03:28 – 04:11
- 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 18:12 – 20:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:54 – 22:30
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 16:02 – 04:54 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:02 – 04:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 04:54 – 06:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:34 – 08:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:13 – 09:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:53 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:33 – 13:13 | Good |
| Rog | 13:13 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:52 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Char | 16:32 – 18:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:12 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:32 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:52 – 22:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:13 – 23:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:33 – 00:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:53 – 02:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:13 – 03:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:33 – 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
- 04:54 NowVenus
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:52 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:33 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowVenus
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 04:28 Aries
- 04:28 – 06:26 Taurus
- 06:26 – 08:39 Gemini
- 08:39 – 10:55 Cancer
- 10:55 – 13:06 Leo
- 13:06 – 15:16 Virgo
- 15:16 – 17:31 Libra
- 17:31 – 19:46 Scorpio
- 19:46 – 21:52 Sagittarius
- 21:52 – 23:39 Capricorn
- 23:39 – 01:12 next day Aquarius
- 01:12 – 02:43 next day Pisces
- 02:43 – 04:24 next day Aries
- 04:24 – 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