Kolkata panchang, 26 August 2025
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 07:46 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:18 to 17:58- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:50 – 08:40
- Yamaganda 08:28 – 10:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 12:03
- Gulika Kalam 11:38 – 13:13
- Rahu Kalam 14:48 – 16:23
- 12:08 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 13:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:55 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:58 to 05:18 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:46 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 13:55
- Nakshatra Hasta until 06:04 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 12:08
- Karana Gara until 13:55, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:08 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 13:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:55 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:46 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:50 – 08:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:38 – 13:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:23
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 – 04:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:12 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:18 – 05:18 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:18 – 13:55
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:18 – 06:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:53 – 08:28 | Bad |
| Char | 08:28 – 10:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:03 – 11:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:38 – 13:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:13 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:48 – 16:23 | Good |
| Rog | 16:23 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:58 – 19:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:23 – 20:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:48 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:13 – 23:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:38 – 01:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:03 – 02:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:28 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:53 – 05:18 next day | Bad |
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
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:21 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:34 NowSaturn
- 11:38 NowJupiter
- 12:41 NowMars
- 13:44 NowSun
- 14:48 NowVenus
- 15:51 NowMercury
- 16:54 NowMoon
- 17:58 NowSaturn
- 18:54 NowJupiter
- 19:51 NowMars
- 20:48 NowSun
- 21:44 NowVenus
- 22:41 NowMercury
- 23:38 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSaturn
- 01:31 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:18 NowSun
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 04:41 Cancer
- 04:41 – 06:53 Leo
- 06:53 – 09:03 Virgo
- 09:03 – 11:17 Libra
- 11:17 – 13:33 Scorpio
- 13:33 – 15:38 Sagittarius
- 15:38 – 17:25 Capricorn
- 17:25 – 18:58 Aquarius
- 18:58 – 20:30 Pisces
- 20:30 – 22:10 Aries
- 22:10 – 00:09 next day Taurus
- 00:09 – 02:22 next day Gemini
- 02:22 – 04:38 next day Cancer
- 04:38 – 05:18 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