Kolkata panchang, 16 August 2025
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 23:02 Shravana month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:14 to 18:06- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:14 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta 05:14 – 06:06
- Durmuhurta 06:06 – 06:57
- Rahu Kalam 08:27 – 10:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 13:17 – 14:53
- 06:06 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 10:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:43 Moon enters Taurus
Night
18:06 to 05:15 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 21:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:28 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 21:35
- Nakshatra Bharani until 06:06 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 07:21
- Karana Balava until 10:42, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:06 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 10:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:43 Moon enters Taurus
- 21:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 21:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:28 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:14 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:14 – 06:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:06 – 06:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 10:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:53
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:28 – 08:04 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. 03:45 – 04:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:35 – 05:15 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 04:38 – 05:15 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:38 – 05:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:14 – 06:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:51 – 08:27 | Good |
| Rog | 08:27 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:04 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Char | 11:40 – 13:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:17 – 14:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:53 – 16:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:30 – 18:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:06 – 19:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:30 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:53 – 22:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:17 – 23:40 | Good |
| Char | 23:40 – 01:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:04 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:28 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:51 – 05:15 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
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:32 NowVenus
- 10:36 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:53 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 17:02 NowVenus
- 18:06 NowMercury
- 19:02 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 20:53 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:14 NowSun
- 09:14 NowVenus
- 10:14 NowMercury
- 11:14 NowMoon
- 12:14 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:14 NowMoon
- 19:14 NowSaturn
- 20:14 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:14 NowSun
- 23:14 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMercury
- 01:14 NowMoon
- 02:14 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:14 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 05:21 Cancer
- 05:21 – 07:32 Leo
- 07:32 – 09:42 Virgo
- 09:42 – 11:56 Libra
- 11:56 – 14:12 Scorpio
- 14:12 – 16:17 Sagittarius
- 16:17 – 18:04 Capricorn
- 18:04 – 19:38 Aquarius
- 19:38 – 21:09 Pisces
- 21:09 – 22:49 Aries
- 22:49 – 00:48 next day Taurus
- 00:48 – 03:01 next day Gemini
- 03:01 – 05:15 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