Kolkata panchang, 4 October 2025
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 15:30 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:29 to 17:20- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:29 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta 05:29 – 06:17
- Durmuhurta 06:17 – 07:04
- Rahu Kalam 08:27 – 09:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:01 – 11:48
- Yamaganda 12:53 – 14:22
- 05:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 17:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:20 to 05:30 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:20 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:26 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:12 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 17:09
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 09:09 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shula until 19:26
- Karana Bava until 05:57, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 05:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 17:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:26 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:12 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:29 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:29 – 06:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:17 – 07:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:53 – 14:22
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:26 – 21:50
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. 03:52 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:01 – 11:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:20 – 19:46
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:29 – 06:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:58 – 08:27 | Good |
| Rog | 08:27 – 09:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:56 – 11:25 | Bad |
| Char | 11:25 – 12:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:53 – 14:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:22 – 15:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:51 – 17:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:20 – 18:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:51 – 20:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:22 – 21:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:54 – 23:25 | Good |
| Char | 23:25 – 00:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:56 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:27 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:59 – 05:30 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
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:24 NowSaturn
- 13:23 NowJupiter
- 14:22 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:21 NowVenus
- 17:20 NowMercury
- 18:21 NowMoon
- 19:21 NowSaturn
- 20:22 NowJupiter
- 21:23 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:25 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:29 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:29 NowMercury
- 11:29 NowMoon
- 12:29 NowSaturn
- 13:29 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:29 NowMercury
- 18:29 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:29 NowMars
- 22:29 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:29 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:19 Leo
- 04:19 – 06:30 Virgo
- 06:30 – 08:44 Libra
- 08:44 – 10:59 Scorpio
- 10:59 – 13:05 Sagittarius
- 13:05 – 14:52 Capricorn
- 14:52 – 16:25 Aquarius
- 16:25 – 17:56 Pisces
- 17:56 – 19:37 Aries
- 19:37 – 21:35 Taurus
- 21:35 – 23:49 Gemini
- 23:49 – 02:04 next day Cancer
- 02:04 – 04:16 next day Leo
- 04:16 – 05:30 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