Kolkata panchang, 24 August 2025
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 06:02 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:17 to 17:59- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:04
- Yamaganda 11:38 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 14:49 – 16:24
- Durmuhurta 16:18 – 17:09
- Rahu Kalam 16:24 – 17:59
- 11:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 11:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:29 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
17:59 to 05:17 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:07 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 11:48
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 02:05 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 12:29
- Karana Bava until 11:48, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 11:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:29 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 00:07 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:38 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:18 – 17:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:24 – 17:59
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. 03:47 – 04:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:15
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:05 – 05:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:17 – 06:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:52 – 08:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:28 – 10:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:03 – 11:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:38 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:14 – 14:49 | Good |
| Rog | 14:49 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:24 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:59 – 19:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:24 – 20:49 | Good |
| Char | 20:49 – 22:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:14 – 23:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:38 – 01:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:03 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:28 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:53 – 05:17 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
- 05:17 NowSun
- 06:21 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:42 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:49 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 17:59 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:49 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:42 NowMoon
- 23:38 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowSun
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 04:49 Cancer
- 04:49 – 07:01 Leo
- 07:01 – 09:11 Virgo
- 09:11 – 11:25 Libra
- 11:25 – 13:41 Scorpio
- 13:41 – 15:46 Sagittarius
- 15:46 – 17:33 Capricorn
- 17:33 – 19:06 Aquarius
- 19:06 – 20:37 Pisces
- 20:37 – 22:18 Aries
- 22:18 – 00:16 next day Taurus
- 00:16 – 02:30 next day Gemini
- 02:30 – 04:45 next day Cancer
- 04:45 – 05:17 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