Kolkata panchang, 24 September 2025
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 07:20 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 17:30- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:57 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam 09:58 – 11:28
- Durmuhurta 11:04 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:04 – 11:52 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:28 – 12:58
- 16:16 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
17:30 to 05:27 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:30 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:57 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:02 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 07:06 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 16:16 · lord Mars
- Yoga Indra until 21:02
- Karana Taitila until 17:57, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 16:16 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 17:57 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:02 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:57 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:04 – 11:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:28 – 12:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:02 – 21:53 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 – 04:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:04 – 11:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:30 – 19:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:16 – 05:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:26 – 06:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:57 – 08:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:27 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:58 – 11:28 | Good |
| Rog | 11:28 – 12:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:58 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Char | 14:29 – 15:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:59 – 17:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:30 – 18:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:59 – 20:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:29 – 21:58 | Good |
| Char | 21:58 – 23:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:28 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:58 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:27 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:57 – 05:27 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
- 05:26 NowMercury
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:26 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:26 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 04:59 Leo
- 04:59 – 07:09 Virgo
- 07:09 – 09:23 Libra
- 09:23 – 11:39 Scorpio
- 11:39 – 13:44 Sagittarius
- 13:44 – 15:31 Capricorn
- 15:31 – 17:04 Aquarius
- 17:04 – 18:36 Pisces
- 18:36 – 20:16 Aries
- 20:16 – 22:15 Taurus
- 22:15 – 00:28 next day Gemini
- 00:28 – 02:44 next day Cancer
- 02:44 – 04:55 next day Leo
- 04:55 – 05:27 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