Kolkata panchang, 17 August 2025
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 23:56 Shravana month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:15 to 18:05- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 11:40 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 14:53 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta 16:23 – 17:14
- Rahu Kalam 16:29 – 18:05
- 08:29 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:05 to 05:15 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 19:24 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:40 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 03:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 19:24
- Nakshatra Rohini until 03:17 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 01:40 next day
- Karana Taitila until 08:29, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 19:24 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:40 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 03:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:23 – 17:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:29 – 18:05
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. 03:46 – 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 18:05 – 20:19
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:15 – 06:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:51 – 08:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:27 – 10:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:04 – 11:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:40 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:16 – 14:53 | Good |
| Rog | 14:53 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:29 – 18:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:05 – 19:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:29 – 20:53 | Good |
| Char | 20:53 – 22:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:16 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:40 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:04 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:28 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 05:15 NowSun
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:32 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:48 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 17:01 NowSaturn
- 18:05 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:32 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowSun
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 05:17 Cancer
- 05:17 – 07:28 Leo
- 07:28 – 09:38 Virgo
- 09:38 – 11:52 Libra
- 11:52 – 14:08 Scorpio
- 14:08 – 16:13 Sagittarius
- 16:13 – 18:00 Capricorn
- 18:00 – 19:34 Aquarius
- 19:34 – 21:05 Pisces
- 21:05 – 22:46 Aries
- 22:46 – 00:44 next day Taurus
- 00:44 – 02:57 next day Gemini
- 02:57 – 05:13 next day Cancer
- 05:13 – 05:15 next day Leo
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