Kolkata panchang, 16 July 2025
Sunrise 05:02 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 22:15 Ashadha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:02 to 18:22- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:42 – 08:22
- Gulika Kalam 10:02 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:15 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:09 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 13:22
- 05:46 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 09:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:57 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
18:22 to 05:02 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 03:37 – 04:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 21:02 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 21:02
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 05:46 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shobhana until 11:57
- Karana Gara until 09:53, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Gemini
- 05:46 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 09:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:57 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 21:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 21:02 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:42 – 08:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:02 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:15 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:22
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:57 – 14:21
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:02 – 08:07 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:50 – 05:02 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. 03:37 – 04:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:46 – 04:50 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:02 – 05:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:02 – 06:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:42 – 08:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:22 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:02 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Char | 15:02 – 16:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:42 – 18:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:22 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:42 – 21:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:02 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 23:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:42 – 01:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:02 – 02:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:22 – 03:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:42 – 05:02 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
- 05:02 NowMercury
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowMercury
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 07:02 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 19:02 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 22:02 NowJupiter
- 23:02 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:37 – 05:07 Gemini
- 05:07 – 07:23 Cancer
- 07:23 – 09:34 Leo
- 09:34 – 11:44 Virgo
- 11:44 – 13:58 Libra
- 13:58 – 16:14 Scorpio
- 16:14 – 18:19 Sagittarius
- 18:19 – 20:06 Capricorn
- 20:06 – 21:40 Aquarius
- 21:40 – 23:11 Pisces
- 23:11 – 00:51 next day Aries
- 00:51 – 02:50 next day Taurus
- 02:50 – 05:02 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