Kolkata panchang, 24 May 2025
Sunrise 04:54 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 02:17 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:54 – 06:34
- Durmuhurta 04:54 – 05:47
- Durmuhurta 05:47 – 06:40
- Rahu Kalam 08:13 – 09:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 12:00
- Yamaganda 13:13 – 14:53
- 08:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:48 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 13:48 Moon enters Aries
- 15:00 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
18:12 to 04:53 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 19:20 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 19:20
- Nakshatra Revati until 13:48 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ayushman until 15:00
- Karana Kaulava until 08:58, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:48 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 13:48 Moon enters Aries
- 15:00 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 19:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 19:20 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:54 – 06:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:54 – 05:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:47 – 06:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:13 – 09:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:53
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 04:54 – 13:48
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 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:20
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:54 – 06:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:34 – 08:13 | Good |
| Rog | 08:13 – 09:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:53 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Char | 11:33 – 13:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:13 – 14:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:53 – 16:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:32 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:12 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:32 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:53 – 22:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:13 – 23:33 | Good |
| Char | 23:33 – 00:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:53 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:13 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:33 – 04:53 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
- 04:54 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 07:07 NowMars
- 08:13 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:26 NowMercury
- 11:33 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:46 NowJupiter
- 14:53 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 17:06 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:06 NowMoon
- 19:59 NowSaturn
- 20:53 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:39 NowSun
- 23:33 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMercury
- 01:20 NowMoon
- 02:13 NowSaturn
- 03:07 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 04:54 NowSaturn
- 05:54 NowJupiter
- 06:54 NowMars
- 07:54 NowSun
- 08:54 NowVenus
- 09:54 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:54 NowMars
- 14:54 NowSun
- 15:54 NowVenus
- 16:54 NowMercury
- 17:54 NowMoon
- 18:54 NowSaturn
- 19:54 NowJupiter
- 20:54 NowMars
- 21:54 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:54 NowSaturn
- 02:54 NowJupiter
- 03:54 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 04:24 Aries
- 04:24 – 06:22 Taurus
- 06:22 – 08:35 Gemini
- 08:35 – 10:51 Cancer
- 10:51 – 13:02 Leo
- 13:02 – 15:13 Virgo
- 15:13 – 17:27 Libra
- 17:27 – 19:42 Scorpio
- 19:42 – 21:48 Sagittarius
- 21:48 – 23:35 Capricorn
- 23:35 – 01:08 next day Aquarius
- 01:08 – 02:39 next day Pisces
- 02:39 – 04:20 next day Aries
- 04:20 – 04:53 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