Kolkata panchang, 16 September 2025
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 17:38 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:24 to 17:38- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:51 – 08:40
- Yamaganda 08:27 – 09:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:55
- Gulika Kalam 11:31 – 13:02
- Rahu Kalam 14:34 – 16:06
- 06:46 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 12:53 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:38 to 05:24 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:38 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 00:28 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 00:34 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 00:22 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:46 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Variyan until 00:34 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:53, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:46 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 12:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 00:28 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 00:34 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:51 – 08:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:31 – 13:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:34 – 16:06
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:34 – 11:44 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. 03:50 – 04:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:06 – 11:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 19:59
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:24 – 06:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:56 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Char | 08:27 – 09:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:59 – 11:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:31 – 13:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:02 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:34 – 16:06 | Good |
| Rog | 16:06 – 17:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:38 – 19:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:06 – 20:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:34 – 22:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:03 – 23:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:31 – 00:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:59 – 02:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:28 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:56 – 05:24 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
- 05:24 NowMars
- 06:25 NowSun
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:28 NowMoon
- 10:30 NowSaturn
- 11:31 NowJupiter
- 12:32 NowMars
- 13:33 NowSun
- 14:34 NowVenus
- 15:35 NowMercury
- 16:36 NowMoon
- 17:38 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:35 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:33 NowVenus
- 22:32 NowMercury
- 23:31 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSaturn
- 01:29 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:25 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMars
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:24 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 05:30 Leo
- 05:30 – 07:40 Virgo
- 07:40 – 09:55 Libra
- 09:55 – 12:10 Scorpio
- 12:10 – 14:16 Sagittarius
- 14:16 – 16:02 Capricorn
- 16:02 – 17:36 Aquarius
- 17:36 – 19:07 Pisces
- 19:07 – 20:48 Aries
- 20:48 – 22:46 Taurus
- 22:46 – 00:59 next day Gemini
- 00:59 – 03:15 next day Cancer
- 03:15 – 05:24 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