Kolkata panchang, 13 September 2025
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 21:52 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 17:40- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:23 – 06:55
- Durmuhurta 05:23 – 06:12
- Durmuhurta 06:12 – 07:01
- Rahu Kalam 08:27 – 10:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:56
- Yamaganda 13:04 – 14:36
- 07:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 07:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:11 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 10:32 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
17:40 to 05:23 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:11 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:04 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 05:04 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 07:23
- Nakshatra Krittika until 10:11 · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 10:32
- Karana Vanija until 07:23, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 07:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:11 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 10:32 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 18:11 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:04 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 05:04 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:23 – 06:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:23 – 06:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:12 – 07:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 10:00
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:32 – 11:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:36
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. 03:50 – 04:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:07 – 11:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:23 – 10:11
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 10:11 – 05:23 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:11 – 05:23 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:41 – 05:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:23 – 06:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:55 – 08:27 | Good |
| Rog | 08:27 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:00 – 11:32 | Bad |
| Char | 11:32 – 13:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:04 – 14:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:36 – 16:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:08 – 17:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:40 – 19:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:08 – 20:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:36 – 22:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:04 – 23:32 | Good |
| Char | 23:32 – 01:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:00 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:28 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:56 – 05:23 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
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:30 NowMercury
- 11:32 NowMoon
- 12:33 NowSaturn
- 13:35 NowJupiter
- 14:36 NowMars
- 15:38 NowSun
- 16:39 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:39 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:35 NowMars
- 22:33 NowSun
- 23:32 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:23 NowVenus
- 10:23 NowMercury
- 11:23 NowMoon
- 12:23 NowSaturn
- 13:23 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:23 NowMars
- 22:23 NowSun
- 23:23 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMercury
- 01:23 NowMoon
- 02:23 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 05:42 Leo
- 05:42 – 07:52 Virgo
- 07:52 – 10:06 Libra
- 10:06 – 12:22 Scorpio
- 12:22 – 14:27 Sagittarius
- 14:27 – 16:14 Capricorn
- 16:14 – 17:48 Aquarius
- 17:48 – 19:19 Pisces
- 19:19 – 20:59 Aries
- 20:59 – 22:58 Taurus
- 22:58 – 01:11 next day Gemini
- 01:11 – 03:27 next day Cancer
- 03:27 – 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