Kolkata panchang, 17 October 2025
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 01:49 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 17:08- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:01 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta 07:53 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam 09:55 – 11:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:58 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 14:15 – 15:41
- 11:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 11:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
17:08 to 05:35 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:48 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 11:12
- Nakshatra Magha until 13:57 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shukla until 01:48 next day
- Karana Balava until 11:12, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 11:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 23:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:48 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:01 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:53 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:15 – 15:41
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:34 – 13:57
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 14:49 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:44 – 15:54
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 – 04:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 10:58 – 11:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:08 – 19:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:34 – 11:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:57 – 05:35 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:57 – 05:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:34 – 07:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:01 – 08:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:28 – 09:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:55 – 11:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:21 – 12:48 | Good |
| Rog | 12:48 – 14:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:15 – 15:41 | Bad |
| Char | 15:41 – 17:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:08 – 18:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:42 – 20:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:15 – 21:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:48 – 23:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:21 – 00:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:55 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:28 – 04:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:01 – 05:35 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
- 05:34 NowVenus
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowVenus
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:34 NowVenus
- 13:34 NowMercury
- 14:34 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 05:38 Virgo
- 05:38 – 07:53 Libra
- 07:53 – 10:08 Scorpio
- 10:08 – 12:14 Sagittarius
- 12:14 – 14:01 Capricorn
- 14:01 – 15:34 Aquarius
- 15:34 – 17:05 Pisces
- 17:05 – 18:46 Aries
- 18:46 – 20:44 Taurus
- 20:44 – 22:57 Gemini
- 22:57 – 01:13 next day Cancer
- 01:13 – 03:24 next day Leo
- 03:24 – 05:35 next day Virgo
- 05:35 – 05:35 next day Libra
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