Kolkata panchang, 18 July 2025
Sunrise 05:03 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 23:31 Ashadha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:03 to 18:22- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:43 – 08:22
- Durmuhurta 07:43 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam 10:02 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 13:02
- Yamaganda 15:02 – 16:42
- 06:07 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:48 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 17:02 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:22 to 05:03 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 03:38 – 04:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 03:53 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:56 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 17:02
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 02:14 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sukarman until 06:48
- Karana Balava until 06:07, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:07 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:48 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 17:02 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 03:53 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:56 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:43 – 08:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:43 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:02 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 13:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:42
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:56 – 05:56 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 – 04:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:16 – 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 05:03 – 02:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:03 – 06:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:43 – 08:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:22 – 10:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:02 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:42 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:02 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Char | 16:42 – 18:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:22 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:42 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:02 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:42 – 01:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:03 – 02:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:23 – 03:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:43 – 05:03 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
- 05:03 NowVenus
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowVenus
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:37 – 04:59 Gemini
- 04:59 – 07:15 Cancer
- 07:15 – 09:26 Leo
- 09:26 – 11:36 Virgo
- 11:36 – 13:50 Libra
- 13:50 – 16:06 Scorpio
- 16:06 – 18:11 Sagittarius
- 18:11 – 19:58 Capricorn
- 19:58 – 21:32 Aquarius
- 21:32 – 23:03 Pisces
- 23:03 – 00:43 next day Aries
- 00:43 – 02:42 next day Taurus
- 02:42 – 04:55 next day Gemini
- 04:55 – 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