Kolkata panchang, 18 October 2025
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 02:42 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:35 to 17:07- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:35 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta 05:35 – 06:21
- Durmuhurta 06:21 – 07:07
- Rahu Kalam 08:28 – 09:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:58 – 11:44
- Yamaganda 12:48 – 14:14
- 12:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 12:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:41 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
17:07 to 05:35 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:37
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:11 Moon enters Virgo
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:48 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 12:19
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 15:41 · lord Venus
- Yoga Brahma until 01:48 next day
- Karana Taitila until 12:19, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 12:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:41 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 22:11 Moon enters Virgo
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:48 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:35 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:35 – 06:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:21 – 07:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:48 – 14:14
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:41 – 05:35 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. 03:55 – 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 17:07 – 19:37
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:35 – 07:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:01 – 08:28 | Good |
| Rog | 08:28 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:54 – 11:21 | Bad |
| Char | 11:21 – 12:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:48 – 14:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:14 – 15:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:41 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:07 – 18:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:41 – 20:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:14 – 21:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:48 – 23:21 | Good |
| Char | 23:21 – 00:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:55 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:28 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:02 – 05:35 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
- 05:35 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:23 NowMercury
- 11:21 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:12 NowSun
- 16:10 NowVenus
- 17:07 NowMercury
- 18:10 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:14 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:21 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:31 NowJupiter
- 04:33 NowMars
- 05:35 NowSaturn
- 06:35 NowJupiter
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:35 NowSun
- 09:35 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:35 NowMoon
- 12:35 NowSaturn
- 13:35 NowJupiter
- 14:35 NowMars
- 15:35 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:35 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:35 NowMars
- 22:35 NowSun
- 23:35 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMercury
- 01:35 NowMoon
- 02:35 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:35 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 05:35 Virgo
- 05:35 – 07:49 Libra
- 07:49 – 10:04 Scorpio
- 10:04 – 12:10 Sagittarius
- 12:10 – 13:57 Capricorn
- 13:57 – 15:30 Aquarius
- 15:30 – 17:01 Pisces
- 17:01 – 18:42 Aries
- 18:42 – 20:40 Taurus
- 20:40 – 22:53 Gemini
- 22:53 – 01:09 next day Cancer
- 01:09 – 03:20 next day Leo
- 03:20 – 05:31 next day Virgo
- 05:31 – 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