Kolkata panchang, 20 September 2025
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 03:54 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 17:34- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:25 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta 05:25 – 06:14
- Durmuhurta 06:14 – 07:02
- Rahu Kalam 08:27 – 09:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:05 – 11:54
- Yamaganda 13:00 – 14:31
- 08:05 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 11:54 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
17:34 to 05:25 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:34 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 00:17 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:17 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 00:17 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 08:05 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sadhya until 20:06
- Karana Vishti until 11:54, then Shakuni
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:05 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 11:54 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 00:17 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:17 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:37 – 11:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:25 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:25 – 06:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:14 – 07:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:00 – 14:31
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 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:05 – 11:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:34 – 19:56
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:25 – 00:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:25 – 06:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:56 – 08:27 | Good |
| Rog | 08:27 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:58 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Char | 11:29 – 13:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:00 – 14:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:31 – 16:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:02 – 17:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:34 – 19:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:02 – 20:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:31 – 22:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:00 – 23:29 | Good |
| Char | 23:29 – 00:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:58 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:27 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:29 NowMercury
- 11:29 NowMoon
- 12:30 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:31 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:33 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:33 NowMoon
- 19:32 NowSaturn
- 20:31 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:30 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:25 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:25 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:25 NowSun
- 23:25 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 05:14 Leo
- 05:14 – 07:25 Virgo
- 07:25 – 09:39 Libra
- 09:39 – 11:55 Scorpio
- 11:55 – 14:00 Sagittarius
- 14:00 – 15:47 Capricorn
- 15:47 – 17:20 Aquarius
- 17:20 – 18:51 Pisces
- 18:51 – 20:32 Aries
- 20:32 – 22:30 Taurus
- 22:30 – 00:44 next day Gemini
- 00:44 – 02:59 next day Cancer
- 02:59 – 05:11 next day Leo
- 05:11 – 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