Kolkata panchang, 18 September 2025
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 01:59 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:25 to 17:36- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:25 – 06:56
- Gulika Kalam 08:27 – 09:59
- Durmuhurta 09:28 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:54
- Rahu Kalam 13:01 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta 14:21 – 15:09
- 06:32 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 11:29 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:36 to 05:25 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:36 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 23:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:25 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 23:25
- Nakshatra Pushya until 06:32 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shiva until 21:37
- Karana Kaulava until 11:29, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:32 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 11:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 23:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:25 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:25 – 06:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:28 – 10:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:01 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:21 – 15:09
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. 03:50 – 04:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:06 – 11:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 19:57
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:25 – 06:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:25 – 06:32
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:25 – 06:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:56 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:27 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Char | 09:59 – 11:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:30 – 13:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:01 – 14:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:33 – 16:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:04 – 17:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:36 – 19:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:04 – 20:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:33 – 22:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:02 – 23:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:30 – 00:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:59 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:28 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:56 – 05:25 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
- 05:25 NowJupiter
- 06:25 NowMars
- 07:26 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:29 NowMoon
- 11:30 NowSaturn
- 12:31 NowJupiter
- 13:32 NowMars
- 14:33 NowSun
- 15:34 NowVenus
- 16:35 NowMercury
- 17:36 NowMoon
- 18:35 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:33 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:31 NowVenus
- 23:30 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMoon
- 01:28 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:26 NowSun
- 05:25 NowJupiter
- 06:25 NowMars
- 07:25 NowSun
- 08:25 NowVenus
- 09:25 NowMercury
- 10:25 NowMoon
- 11:25 NowSaturn
- 12:25 NowJupiter
- 13:25 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:25 NowVenus
- 16:25 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:25 NowSaturn
- 19:25 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:25 NowSun
- 22:25 NowVenus
- 23:25 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMoon
- 01:25 NowSaturn
- 02:25 NowJupiter
- 03:25 NowMars
- 04:25 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 05:22 Leo
- 05:22 – 07:33 Virgo
- 07:33 – 09:47 Libra
- 09:47 – 12:02 Scorpio
- 12:02 – 14:08 Sagittarius
- 14:08 – 15:55 Capricorn
- 15:55 – 17:28 Aquarius
- 17:28 – 18:59 Pisces
- 18:59 – 20:40 Aries
- 20:40 – 22:38 Taurus
- 22:38 – 00:51 next day Gemini
- 00:51 – 03:07 next day Cancer
- 03:07 – 05:18 next day Leo
- 05:18 – 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