Kolkata panchang, 21 September 2025
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 04:47 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 17:33- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:05 – 11:53
- Yamaganda 11:29 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam 14:31 – 16:02
- Durmuhurta 15:56 – 16:44
- Rahu Kalam 16:02 – 17:33
- 09:32 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 12:47 Karana becomes Naga
- 15:58 Moon enters Virgo
Night
17:33 to 05:26 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:33 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:52 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 01:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:24 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:24 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 09:32 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shubha until 19:52
- Karana Chatushpada until 12:47, then Naga
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:32 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 12:47 Karana becomes Naga
- 15:58 Moon enters Virgo
- 19:52 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 01:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:24 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 16:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:56 – 16:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:02 – 17:33
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 00:44 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 23:39 – 01:49 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. 03:51 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:05 – 11:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:33 – 19:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:32 – 05:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:25 – 06:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:56 – 08:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:27 – 09:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:58 – 11:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:29 – 13:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:00 – 14:31 | Good |
| Rog | 14:31 – 16:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:02 – 17:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:33 – 19:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:02 – 20:31 | Good |
| Char | 20:31 – 22:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:00 – 23:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:29 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:58 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:27 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:57 – 05:26 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 NowSun
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:29 NowMars
- 12:30 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:31 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:32 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:32 NowMars
- 19:31 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:25 NowSun
- 06:25 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:25 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:25 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 05:11 Leo
- 05:11 – 07:21 Virgo
- 07:21 – 09:35 Libra
- 09:35 – 11:51 Scorpio
- 11:51 – 13:56 Sagittarius
- 13:56 – 15:43 Capricorn
- 15:43 – 17:16 Aquarius
- 17:16 – 18:47 Pisces
- 18:47 – 20:28 Aries
- 20:28 – 22:26 Taurus
- 22:26 – 00:40 next day Gemini
- 00:40 – 02:55 next day Cancer
- 02:55 – 05:07 next day Leo
- 05:07 – 05:26 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