Kolkata panchang, 23 July 2025
Sunrise 05:05 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 03:08 Ashadha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:05 to 18:20- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:44 – 08:24
- Gulika Kalam 10:03 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:16 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:09 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 13:22
- 12:34 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 15:32 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 17:54 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:20 to 05:05 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 03:39 – 04:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:29 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 02:29 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 02:29 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 17:54 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 12:34
- Karana Vishti until 15:32, then Shakuni
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 12:34 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 15:32 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 17:54 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 02:29 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 02:29 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:44 – 08:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:03 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:16 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:22
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. 03:39 – 04:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:20 – 20:29
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:05 – 06:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:44 – 08:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:24 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:03 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Char | 15:01 – 16:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:41 – 18:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:20 – 19:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:41 – 21:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:01 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 23:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:43 – 01:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:03 – 02:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:24 – 03:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:45 – 05:05 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
- 05:05 NowMercury
- 06:11 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowMercury
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:05 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:39 – 04:39 Gemini
- 04:39 – 06:55 Cancer
- 06:55 – 09:06 Leo
- 09:06 – 11:17 Virgo
- 11:17 – 13:31 Libra
- 13:31 – 15:46 Scorpio
- 15:46 – 17:52 Sagittarius
- 17:52 – 19:39 Capricorn
- 19:39 – 21:12 Aquarius
- 21:12 – 22:43 Pisces
- 22:43 – 00:24 next day Aries
- 00:24 – 02:22 next day Taurus
- 02:22 – 04:36 next day Gemini
- 04:36 – 05:05 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