Kolkata panchang, 22 September 2025
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 05:38 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:26 to 17:32- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:56 – 08:27
- Yamaganda 09:58 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:04 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:53 – 12:41
- Gulika Kalam 12:59 – 14:30
- Durmuhurta 14:18 – 15:06
- 11:24 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 14:07 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:32 to 05:26 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:32 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:58 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:56 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 02:56 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 11:24 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shukla until 19:58
- Karana Kimstughna until 14:07, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:24 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 14:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:58 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:56 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:53 – 12:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:59 – 14:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:18 – 15:06
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) 11:04 – 11:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:32 – 19:54
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:26 – 06:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:56 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:27 – 09:58 | Good |
| Rog | 09:58 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:29 – 12:59 | Bad |
| Char | 12:59 – 14:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:30 – 16:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:01 – 17:32 | Good |
| Char | 17:32 – 19:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:01 – 20:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:30 – 21:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:59 – 23:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:29 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:58 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:27 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:57 – 05:26 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:30 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:31 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:26 NowVenus
- 11:26 NowMercury
- 12:26 NowMoon
- 13:26 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:26 NowMars
- 23:26 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:26 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 05:07 Leo
- 05:07 – 07:17 Virgo
- 07:17 – 09:31 Libra
- 09:31 – 11:47 Scorpio
- 11:47 – 13:52 Sagittarius
- 13:52 – 15:39 Capricorn
- 15:39 – 17:12 Aquarius
- 17:12 – 18:43 Pisces
- 18:43 – 20:24 Aries
- 20:24 – 22:22 Taurus
- 22:22 – 00:36 next day Gemini
- 00:36 – 02:51 next day Cancer
- 02:51 – 05:03 next day Leo
- 05:03 – 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