Kolkata panchang, 17 September 2025
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 00:57 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 17:37- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:56 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam 09:59 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta 11:06 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:55 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:30 – 13:02
- 06:26 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 11:58 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:37 to 05:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:37 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:55 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 23:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 23:40
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 06:26 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 22:55
- Karana Bava until 11:58, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:26 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 11:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:55 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 23:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:06 – 11:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:02
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:37 – 19:58
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:40 – 05:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:24 – 06:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:56 – 08:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:27 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:59 – 11:30 | Good |
| Rog | 11:30 – 13:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:02 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Char | 14:33 – 16:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:05 – 17:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:37 – 19:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:05 – 20:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:34 – 22:02 | Good |
| Char | 22:02 – 23:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:31 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:59 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:28 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:56 – 05:25 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 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:34 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:24 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 05:26 Leo
- 05:26 – 07:36 Virgo
- 07:36 – 09:51 Libra
- 09:51 – 12:06 Scorpio
- 12:06 – 14:12 Sagittarius
- 14:12 – 15:59 Capricorn
- 15:59 – 17:32 Aquarius
- 17:32 – 19:03 Pisces
- 19:03 – 20:44 Aries
- 20:44 – 22:42 Taurus
- 22:42 – 00:55 next day Gemini
- 00:55 – 03:11 next day Cancer
- 03:11 – 05:22 next day Leo
- 05:22 – 05:25 next day Virgo
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