Kolkata panchang, 16 October 2025
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 00:53 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:34 to 17:09- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:34 – 07:01
- Gulika Kalam 08:28 – 09:55
- Durmuhurta 09:26 – 10:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:58 – 11:45
- Rahu Kalam 12:48 – 14:15
- Durmuhurta 14:04 – 14:50
- 10:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 10:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:42 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 12:42 Moon enters Leo
Night
17:09 to 05:34 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:10 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 10:36
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 12:42 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shubha until 02:10 next day
- Karana Vishti until 10:36, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 10:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:42 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 12:42 Moon enters Leo
- 22:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:10 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:30 – 10:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:34 – 07:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:26 – 10:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:48 – 14:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:04 – 14:50
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. 03:55 – 04:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 10:58 – 11:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:09 – 19:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:34 – 10:36
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:34 – 07:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:01 – 08:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:28 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Char | 09:55 – 11:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:21 – 12:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:48 – 14:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:15 – 15:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:42 – 17:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:09 – 18:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:42 – 20:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:15 – 21:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:49 – 23:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:22 – 00:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:55 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:28 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:01 – 05:34 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
- 05:34 NowJupiter
- 06:32 NowMars
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:24 NowMoon
- 11:21 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:13 NowVenus
- 16:11 NowMercury
- 17:09 NowMoon
- 18:11 NowSaturn
- 19:13 NowJupiter
- 20:15 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:20 NowVenus
- 23:22 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:32 NowSun
- 05:34 NowJupiter
- 06:34 NowMars
- 07:34 NowSun
- 08:34 NowVenus
- 09:34 NowMercury
- 10:34 NowMoon
- 11:34 NowSaturn
- 12:34 NowJupiter
- 13:34 NowMars
- 14:34 NowSun
- 15:34 NowVenus
- 16:34 NowMercury
- 17:34 NowMoon
- 18:34 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:34 NowMars
- 21:34 NowSun
- 22:34 NowVenus
- 23:34 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMoon
- 01:34 NowSaturn
- 02:34 NowJupiter
- 03:34 NowMars
- 04:34 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 05:42 Virgo
- 05:42 – 07:57 Libra
- 07:57 – 10:12 Scorpio
- 10:12 – 12:18 Sagittarius
- 12:18 – 14:04 Capricorn
- 14:04 – 15:38 Aquarius
- 15:38 – 17:09 Pisces
- 17:09 – 18:50 Aries
- 18:50 – 20:48 Taurus
- 20:48 – 23:01 Gemini
- 23:01 – 01:17 next day Cancer
- 01:17 – 03:28 next day Leo
- 03:28 – 05:34 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