Kolkata panchang, 3 September 2025
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 14:50 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:20 to 17:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:54 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam 10:02 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta 11:10 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 12:00 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:35 – 13:09
- 16:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
17:50 to 05:21 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:08 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 04:22 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 23:08 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 16:17
- Karana Vanija until 16:13, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 16:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 23:08 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:54 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:02 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:10 – 12:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:09
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:10 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:50 – 20:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:20 – 23:08
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:22 – 05:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:20 – 06:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:54 – 08:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:28 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:02 – 11:35 | Good |
| Rog | 11:35 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:09 – 14:43 | Bad |
| Char | 14:43 – 16:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:17 – 17:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:50 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:17 – 20:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:43 – 22:09 | Good |
| Char | 22:09 – 23:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:35 – 01:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:02 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:28 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:54 – 05:21 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
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:43 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:43 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 04:10 Cancer
- 04:10 – 06:21 Leo
- 06:21 – 08:31 Virgo
- 08:31 – 10:46 Libra
- 10:46 – 13:01 Scorpio
- 13:01 – 15:07 Sagittarius
- 15:07 – 16:54 Capricorn
- 16:54 – 18:27 Aquarius
- 18:27 – 19:58 Pisces
- 19:58 – 21:39 Aries
- 21:39 – 23:37 Taurus
- 23:37 – 01:50 next day Gemini
- 01:50 – 04:06 next day Cancer
- 04:06 – 05:21 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