Kolkata panchang, 12 November 2025
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 16:52 Moonrise 23:44 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:48 to 16:52- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:11 – 08:34
- Gulika Kalam 09:57 – 11:20
- Durmuhurta 10:58 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:58 – 11:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:20 – 12:43
- 08:02 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 10:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
16:52 to 05:48 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:52 – 19:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:35 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 18:35 Moon enters Leo
- 22:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:58 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 22:58
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 18:35 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shukla until 08:02
- Karana Balava until 10:58, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:02 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 10:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:35 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 18:35 Moon enters Leo
- 22:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:58 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:11 – 08:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:57 – 11:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:58 – 11:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:20 – 12:43
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 07:10 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 06:07 – 08:13
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. 04:04 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 10:58 – 11:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:52 – 19:28
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:48 – 07:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:11 – 08:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:34 – 09:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:57 – 11:20 | Good |
| Rog | 11:20 – 12:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:43 – 14:06 | Bad |
| Char | 14:06 – 15:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:29 – 16:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:52 – 18:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:29 – 20:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:06 – 21:43 | Good |
| Char | 21:43 – 23:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:20 – 00:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:57 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:34 – 04:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:11 – 05:48 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
- 05:48 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:34 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 19:02 NowMercury
- 20:06 NowMoon
- 21:11 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:34 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
- 05:48 NowMercury
- 06:48 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:48 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 06:10 Libra
- 06:10 – 08:26 Scorpio
- 08:26 – 10:31 Sagittarius
- 10:31 – 12:18 Capricorn
- 12:18 – 13:52 Aquarius
- 13:52 – 15:23 Pisces
- 15:23 – 17:03 Aries
- 17:03 – 19:02 Taurus
- 19:02 – 21:15 Gemini
- 21:15 – 23:31 Cancer
- 23:31 – 01:42 next day Leo
- 01:42 – 03:52 next day Virgo
- 03:52 – 05:48 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