Kolkata panchang, 18 August 2025
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:04 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 18:04- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:51 – 08:27
- Yamaganda 10:04 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 12:05 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam 13:16 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta 14:39 – 15:31
- 06:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:40 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 17:23 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:04 to 05:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:59 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 17:23
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 02:06 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 22:59
- Karana Vanija until 06:22, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:40 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 17:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:59 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:39 – 15:31
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:59 – 00:11 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. 03:46 – 04:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:19
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:15 – 02:06 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:15 – 02:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:15 – 06:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:51 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:27 – 10:04 | Good |
| Rog | 10:04 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:40 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Char | 13:16 – 14:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:52 – 16:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:28 – 18:04 | Good |
| Char | 18:04 – 19:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:28 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:52 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:16 – 23:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:40 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:04 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:28 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:52 – 05:15 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:48 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:04 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:15 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 05:13 Cancer
- 05:13 – 07:24 Leo
- 07:24 – 09:34 Virgo
- 09:34 – 11:49 Libra
- 11:49 – 14:04 Scorpio
- 14:04 – 16:10 Sagittarius
- 16:10 – 17:56 Capricorn
- 17:56 – 19:30 Aquarius
- 19:30 – 21:01 Pisces
- 21:01 – 22:42 Aries
- 22:42 – 00:40 next day Taurus
- 00:40 – 02:53 next day Gemini
- 02:53 – 05:09 next day Cancer
- 05:09 – 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