Kolkata panchang, 8 October 2025
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 18:04 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:31 to 17:16- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:59 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam 09:55 – 11:23
- Durmuhurta 11:00 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:00 – 11:47 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:23 – 12:52
- 05:35 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 05:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 05:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:08 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:16 to 05:31 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:43
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:45 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 05:53
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 22:45 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 05:35
- Karana Kaulava until 05:53, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 05:35 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 05:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 05:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:08 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:45 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:59 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:00 – 11:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:23 – 12:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:32 – 02:44 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:31 – 22:45
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:45 – 05:31 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. 03:53 – 04:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:00 – 11:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:16 – 19:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:53 – 02:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:31 – 06:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:59 – 08:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:27 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:55 – 11:23 | Good |
| Rog | 11:23 – 12:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:52 – 14:20 | Bad |
| Char | 14:20 – 15:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:48 – 17:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:16 – 18:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:48 – 20:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:20 – 21:52 | Good |
| Char | 21:52 – 23:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:24 – 00:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:56 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:27 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:59 – 05:31 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
- 05:31 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:22 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:24 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowMercury
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:04 Leo
- 04:04 – 06:14 Virgo
- 06:14 – 08:28 Libra
- 08:28 – 10:44 Scorpio
- 10:44 – 12:49 Sagittarius
- 12:49 – 14:36 Capricorn
- 14:36 – 16:09 Aquarius
- 16:09 – 17:40 Pisces
- 17:40 – 19:21 Aries
- 19:21 – 21:19 Taurus
- 21:19 – 23:33 Gemini
- 23:33 – 01:48 next day Cancer
- 01:48 – 04:00 next day Leo
- 04:00 – 05:31 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