Kolkata panchang, 12 September 2025
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 20:58 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:23 to 17:41- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:55 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta 07:51 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam 10:00 – 11:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:08 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta 11:57 – 12:46
- Yamaganda 14:37 – 16:09
- 09:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 09:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:58 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 13:43 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 17:30 Moon enters Taurus
Night
17:41 to 05:23 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:39 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 09:59
- Nakshatra Bharani until 11:58 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyaghata until 13:43
- Karana Taitila until 09:59, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 09:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:58 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 13:43 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 17:30 Moon enters Taurus
- 20:39 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:55 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:51 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:57 – 12:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:37 – 16:09
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. 03:49 – 04:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:08 – 11:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:02
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:59 – 05:23 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:58 – 05:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:23 – 06:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:55 – 08:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:28 – 10:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:00 – 11:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:32 – 13:05 | Good |
| Rog | 13:05 – 14:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:37 – 16:09 | Bad |
| Char | 16:09 – 17:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:41 – 19:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:09 – 20:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:37 – 22:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:05 – 23:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:32 – 01:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:00 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:28 – 03:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:55 – 05:23 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
- 05:23 NowVenus
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:34 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:37 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowVenus
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 05:46 Leo
- 05:46 – 07:56 Virgo
- 07:56 – 10:10 Libra
- 10:10 – 12:26 Scorpio
- 12:26 – 14:31 Sagittarius
- 14:31 – 16:18 Capricorn
- 16:18 – 17:52 Aquarius
- 17:52 – 19:23 Pisces
- 19:23 – 21:03 Aries
- 21:03 – 23:02 Taurus
- 23:02 – 01:15 next day Gemini
- 01:15 – 03:31 next day Cancer
- 03:31 – 05:23 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