Kolkata panchang, 9 August 2025
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 18:26 Shravana month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:12 to 18:11- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:12 – 06:49
- Durmuhurta 05:12 – 06:04
- Durmuhurta 06:04 – 06:56
- Rahu Kalam 08:27 – 10:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:07
- Yamaganda 13:19 – 14:56
- 13:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 13:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:23 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
18:11 to 05:12 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 03:44 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:50 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:11 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 02:15 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 13:25
- Nakshatra Shravana until 14:23 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 02:15 next day
- Karana Bava until 13:25, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 13:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 13:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:23 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 00:50 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:11 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 02:15 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:12 – 06:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:12 – 06:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:04 – 06:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 10:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:56
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. 03:44 – 04:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:12 – 14:23
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:12 – 06:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:49 – 08:27 | Good |
| Rog | 08:27 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:04 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Char | 11:41 – 13:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:19 – 14:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:56 – 16:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:34 – 18:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:11 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:34 – 20:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:56 – 22:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:19 – 23:42 | Good |
| Char | 23:42 – 01:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:04 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:27 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:50 – 05:12 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
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:22 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:32 NowVenus
- 10:37 NowMercury
- 11:41 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:51 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 16:01 NowSun
- 17:06 NowVenus
- 18:11 NowMercury
- 19:06 NowMoon
- 20:01 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 21:51 NowMars
- 22:47 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:22 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:12 NowSun
- 09:12 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:12 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:12 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:12 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMercury
- 01:12 NowMoon
- 02:12 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:44 – 05:48 Cancer
- 05:48 – 08:00 Leo
- 08:00 – 10:10 Virgo
- 10:10 – 12:24 Libra
- 12:24 – 14:40 Scorpio
- 14:40 – 16:45 Sagittarius
- 16:45 – 18:32 Capricorn
- 18:32 – 20:05 Aquarius
- 20:05 – 21:36 Pisces
- 21:36 – 23:17 Aries
- 23:17 – 01:15 next day Taurus
- 01:15 – 03:29 next day Gemini
- 03:29 – 05:12 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