Kolkata panchang, 31 August 2025
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 12:09 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:19 to 17:53- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 12:01
- Yamaganda 11:36 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam 14:45 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta 16:13 – 17:03
- Rahu Kalam 16:19 – 17:53
- 11:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:59 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:27 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
17:53 to 05:20 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 00:58 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 17:27 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 15:59
- Karana Vishti until 11:55, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:59 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:27 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 00:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:09 – 15:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:36 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:19
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:59 – 17:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:13 – 17:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:19 – 17:53
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:19 – 17:27
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:27 – 05:20 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. 03:48 – 04:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:11 – 12:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:19 – 06:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:54 – 08:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:28 – 10:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:02 – 11:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:36 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:10 – 14:45 | Good |
| Rog | 14:45 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:19 – 17:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:53 – 19:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:19 – 20:45 | Good |
| Char | 20:45 – 22:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:11 – 23:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:36 – 01:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:02 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:28 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:54 – 05:20 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
- 05:19 NowSun
- 06:22 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:36 NowMars
- 12:39 NowSun
- 13:42 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:47 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:36 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:34 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowSun
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 04:22 Cancer
- 04:22 – 06:33 Leo
- 06:33 – 08:43 Virgo
- 08:43 – 10:57 Libra
- 10:57 – 13:13 Scorpio
- 13:13 – 15:18 Sagittarius
- 15:18 – 17:05 Capricorn
- 17:05 – 18:39 Aquarius
- 18:39 – 20:10 Pisces
- 20:10 – 21:50 Aries
- 21:50 – 23:49 Taurus
- 23:49 – 02:02 next day Gemini
- 02:02 – 04:18 next day Cancer
- 04:18 – 05:20 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