Kolkata panchang, 24 July 2025
Sunrise 05:05 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 04:14 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:05 – 06:45
- Gulika Kalam 08:24 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta 09:30 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta 14:48 – 15:41
- 09:50 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 10:59 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:31 Karana becomes Naga
- 16:43 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:20 to 05:06 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 03:40 – 04:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 00:41 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 00:41 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 16:43 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Harshana until 09:50
- Karana Chatushpada until 13:31, then Naga
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:50 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 10:59 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:31 Karana becomes Naga
- 16:43 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 00:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 00:41 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:05 – 06:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:30 – 10:23
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:50 – 11:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:48 – 15:41
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 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:05 – 16:43
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:05 – 16:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:05 – 00:41 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 16:43 – 05:06 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:43 – 05:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:05 – 06:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:45 – 08:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:24 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Char | 10:03 – 11:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:42 – 13:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:22 – 15:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:01 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:40 – 18:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:20 – 19:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:40 – 21:01 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:01 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:43 – 01:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:03 – 02:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:24 – 03:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:45 – 05:06 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
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 06:11 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:24 NowVenus
- 09:30 NowMercury
- 10:36 NowMoon
- 11:42 NowSaturn
- 12:49 NowJupiter
- 13:55 NowMars
- 15:01 NowSun
- 16:07 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:14 NowSaturn
- 20:07 NowJupiter
- 21:01 NowMars
- 21:55 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- 23:43 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMoon
- 01:30 NowSaturn
- 02:24 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 06:05 NowMars
- 07:05 NowSun
- 08:05 NowVenus
- 09:05 NowMercury
- 10:05 NowMoon
- 11:05 NowSaturn
- 12:05 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:05 NowVenus
- 16:05 NowMercury
- 17:05 NowMoon
- 18:05 NowSaturn
- 19:05 NowJupiter
- 20:05 NowMars
- 21:05 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:05 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:05 NowJupiter
- 03:05 NowMars
- 04:05 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:39 – 04:36 Gemini
- 04:36 – 06:51 Cancer
- 06:51 – 09:03 Leo
- 09:03 – 11:13 Virgo
- 11:13 – 13:27 Libra
- 13:27 – 15:43 Scorpio
- 15:43 – 17:48 Sagittarius
- 17:48 – 19:35 Capricorn
- 19:35 – 21:08 Aquarius
- 21:08 – 22:39 Pisces
- 22:39 – 00:20 next day Aries
- 00:20 – 02:18 next day Taurus
- 02:18 – 04:32 next day Gemini
- 04:32 – 05:06 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