Kolkata panchang, 17 July 2025
Sunrise 05:02 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 22:51 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:02 – 06:42
- Gulika Kalam 08:22 – 10:02
- Durmuhurta 09:29 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta 14:49 – 15:42
- 08:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:28 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
18:22 to 05:03 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 03:37 – 04:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:09 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 03:39 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 19:09
- Nakshatra Revati until 03:39 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Atiganda until 09:28
- Karana Vishti until 08:07, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:28 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 19:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:09 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 03:39 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:02 – 08:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:02 – 06:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 10:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:29 – 10:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:49 – 15:42
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 – 04:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:02 – 03:39 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:39 – 05:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:02 – 06:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:42 – 08:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:22 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Char | 10:02 – 11:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:42 – 13:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:22 – 15:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:02 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:42 – 18:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:22 – 19:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:42 – 21:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:02 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:42 – 01:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:02 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:23 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:43 – 05:03 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
- 05:02 NowJupiter
- 06:09 NowMars
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:22 NowVenus
- 09:29 NowMercury
- 10:36 NowMoon
- 11:42 NowSaturn
- 12:49 NowJupiter
- 13:55 NowMars
- 15:02 NowSun
- 16:09 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:22 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:09 NowJupiter
- 21:02 NowMars
- 21:56 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- 23:42 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMoon
- 01:29 NowSaturn
- 02:23 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:09 NowSun
- 05:02 NowJupiter
- 06:02 NowMars
- 07:02 NowSun
- 08:02 NowVenus
- 09:02 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:02 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 13:02 NowMars
- 14:02 NowSun
- 15:02 NowVenus
- 16:02 NowMercury
- 17:02 NowMoon
- 18:02 NowSaturn
- 19:02 NowJupiter
- 20:02 NowMars
- 21:02 NowSun
- 22:02 NowVenus
- 23:02 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 01:02 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:02 NowMars
- 04:02 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:37 – 05:03 Gemini
- 05:03 – 07:19 Cancer
- 07:19 – 09:30 Leo
- 09:30 – 11:40 Virgo
- 11:40 – 13:54 Libra
- 13:54 – 16:10 Scorpio
- 16:10 – 18:15 Sagittarius
- 18:15 – 20:02 Capricorn
- 20:02 – 21:36 Aquarius
- 21:36 – 23:07 Pisces
- 23:07 – 00:47 next day Aries
- 00:47 – 02:46 next day Taurus
- 02:46 – 04:59 next day Gemini
- 04:59 – 05:03 next day Cancer
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