Kolkata panchang, 28 August 2025
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 09:28 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 17:56- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:18 – 06:53
- Gulika Kalam 08:28 – 10:02
- Durmuhurta 09:31 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 12:02
- Rahu Kalam 13:12 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:24
- 08:43 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 13:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
17:56 to 05:19 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 17:57
- Nakshatra Chitra until 08:43 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 13:18
- Karana Balava until 17:57, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:43 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 13:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:18 – 06:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:31 – 10:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:24
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. 03:48 – 04:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:12 – 12:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:12
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:18 – 17:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:43 – 05:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:18 – 06:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:53 – 08:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:28 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Char | 10:02 – 11:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:37 – 13:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:12 – 14:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:47 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:21 – 17:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:56 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:21 – 20:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:47 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:12 – 23:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:37 – 01:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:03 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:28 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:53 – 05:19 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
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:22 NowMars
- 07:25 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:31 NowMercury
- 10:34 NowMoon
- 11:37 NowSaturn
- 12:40 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:47 NowSun
- 15:50 NowVenus
- 16:53 NowMercury
- 17:56 NowMoon
- 18:53 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:47 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:40 NowVenus
- 23:37 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMoon
- 01:31 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:25 NowMars
- 04:22 NowSun
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:18 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:18 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 04:34 Cancer
- 04:34 – 06:45 Leo
- 06:45 – 08:55 Virgo
- 08:55 – 11:09 Libra
- 11:09 – 13:25 Scorpio
- 13:25 – 15:30 Sagittarius
- 15:30 – 17:17 Capricorn
- 17:17 – 18:51 Aquarius
- 18:51 – 20:22 Pisces
- 20:22 – 22:02 Aries
- 22:02 – 00:01 next day Taurus
- 00:01 – 02:14 next day Gemini
- 02:14 – 04:30 next day Cancer
- 04:30 – 05:19 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