Kolkata panchang, 12 July 2025
Sunrise 05:00 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 19:50 Ashadha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:00 to 18:23- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:00 – 06:41
- Durmuhurta 05:00 – 05:54
- Durmuhurta 05:54 – 06:47
- Rahu Kalam 08:21 – 10:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:08
- Yamaganda 13:22 – 15:02
- 06:36 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 14:00 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:23 to 05:01 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 03:36 – 04:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:31 Yoga becomes Priti
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 01:46 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 06:36 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vishkambha until 19:31
- Karana Taitila until 14:00, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Gemini
- 06:36 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 14:00 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:31 Yoga becomes Priti
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:00 – 06:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:00 – 05:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:54 – 06:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:21 – 10:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 15:02
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. 03:35 – 04:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:31
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:36 – 05:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:00 – 06:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:41 – 08:21 | Good |
| Rog | 08:21 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:01 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Char | 11:42 – 13:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:22 – 15:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:02 – 16:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:43 – 18:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:23 – 19:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:43 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:02 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 23:42 | Good |
| Char | 23:42 – 01:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:02 – 02:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:21 – 03:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:41 – 05:01 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
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:21 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:55 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 16:09 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:02 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 22:49 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:21 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:07 NowMars
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 07:00 NowMars
- 08:00 NowSun
- 09:00 NowVenus
- 10:00 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 14:00 NowMars
- 15:00 NowSun
- 16:00 NowVenus
- 17:00 NowMercury
- 18:00 NowMoon
- 19:00 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 21:00 NowMars
- 22:00 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:00 NowSaturn
- 03:00 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:35 – 05:23 Gemini
- 05:23 – 07:38 Cancer
- 07:38 – 09:50 Leo
- 09:50 – 12:00 Virgo
- 12:00 – 14:14 Libra
- 14:14 – 16:30 Scorpio
- 16:30 – 18:35 Sagittarius
- 18:35 – 20:22 Capricorn
- 20:22 – 21:55 Aquarius
- 21:55 – 23:26 Pisces
- 23:26 – 01:07 next day Aries
- 01:07 – 03:05 next day Taurus
- 03:05 – 05:01 next day Gemini
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