Kolkata panchang, 8 September 2025
Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 18:13 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:22 to 17:45- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:55 – 08:28
- Yamaganda 10:01 – 11:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:09 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta 11:58 – 12:48
- Gulika Kalam 13:07 – 14:40
- Durmuhurta 14:27 – 15:17
- 06:30 Yoga becomes Shula
- 10:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:29 Moon enters Pisces
Night
17:45 to 05:22 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:02 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 21:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 21:12 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:20 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 21:12
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 20:02 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 06:30
- Karana Balava until 10:28, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:30 Yoga becomes Shula
- 10:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:29 Moon enters Pisces
- 20:02 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 21:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 21:12 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:20 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:30 – 08:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:55 – 08:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:01 – 11:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:58 – 12:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:27 – 15:17
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:20 – 05:44 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. 03:49 – 04:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:09 – 11:58
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:05
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:22 – 06:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:55 – 08:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:28 – 10:01 | Good |
| Rog | 10:01 – 11:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:34 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Char | 13:07 – 14:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:40 – 16:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:12 – 17:45 | Good |
| Char | 17:45 – 19:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:13 – 20:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:40 – 22:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:07 – 23:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:34 – 01:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:01 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:28 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:55 – 05:22 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:22 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:34 NowMercury
- 12:36 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:41 NowMars
- 16:43 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:43 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:36 NowMars
- 23:34 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
- 05:22 NowMoon
- 06:22 NowSaturn
- 07:22 NowJupiter
- 08:22 NowMars
- 09:22 NowSun
- 10:22 NowVenus
- 11:22 NowMercury
- 12:22 NowMoon
- 13:22 NowSaturn
- 14:22 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:22 NowSun
- 17:22 NowVenus
- 18:22 NowMercury
- 19:22 NowMoon
- 20:22 NowSaturn
- 21:22 NowJupiter
- 22:22 NowMars
- 23:22 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:22 NowVenus
- 01:22 NowMercury
- 02:22 NowMoon
- 03:22 NowSaturn
- 04:22 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 03:50 Cancer
- 03:50 – 06:02 Leo
- 06:02 – 08:12 Virgo
- 08:12 – 10:26 Libra
- 10:26 – 12:42 Scorpio
- 12:42 – 14:47 Sagittarius
- 14:47 – 16:34 Capricorn
- 16:34 – 18:07 Aquarius
- 18:07 – 19:38 Pisces
- 19:38 – 21:19 Aries
- 21:19 – 23:17 Taurus
- 23:17 – 01:31 next day Gemini
- 01:31 – 03:46 next day Cancer
- 03:46 – 05:22 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