Kolkata panchang, 20 November 2025
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 05:48 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 16:50- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:53 – 07:15
- Gulika Kalam 08:37 – 09:59
- Durmuhurta 09:32 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:00 – 11:43
- Rahu Kalam 12:44 – 14:06
- Durmuhurta 13:55 – 14:39
- 09:52 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 10:58 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 12:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 12:17 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
16:50 to 05:54 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:33 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 12:17
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 10:58 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shobhana until 09:52
- Karana Naga until 12:17, then Kimstughna
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:52 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 10:58 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 12:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 12:17 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 01:33 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:53 – 07:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 09:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:32 – 10:16
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:52 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:44 – 14:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:55 – 14:39
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. 04:09 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:00 – 11:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:50 – 19:27
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:53 – 12:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:58 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:53 – 07:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:15 – 08:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:37 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Char | 09:59 – 11:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:22 – 12:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:44 – 14:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:06 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:28 – 16:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:50 – 18:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:28 – 20:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:06 – 21:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:44 – 23:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:22 – 01:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:00 – 02:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:38 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:16 – 05:54 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
- 05:53 NowJupiter
- 06:48 NowMars
- 07:43 NowSun
- 08:37 NowVenus
- 09:32 NowMercury
- 10:27 NowMoon
- 11:22 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:01 NowVenus
- 15:55 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 17:55 NowSaturn
- 19:01 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:11 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:22 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMoon
- 01:32 NowSaturn
- 02:38 NowJupiter
- 03:43 NowMars
- 04:48 NowSun
- 05:53 NowJupiter
- 06:53 NowMars
- 07:53 NowSun
- 08:53 NowVenus
- 09:53 NowMercury
- 10:53 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:53 NowJupiter
- 13:53 NowMars
- 14:53 NowSun
- 15:53 NowVenus
- 16:53 NowMercury
- 17:53 NowMoon
- 18:53 NowSaturn
- 19:53 NowJupiter
- 20:53 NowMars
- 21:53 NowSun
- 22:53 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMoon
- 01:53 NowSaturn
- 02:53 NowJupiter
- 03:53 NowMars
- 04:53 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 05:39 Libra
- 05:39 – 07:55 Scorpio
- 07:55 – 10:00 Sagittarius
- 10:00 – 11:47 Capricorn
- 11:47 – 13:20 Aquarius
- 13:20 – 14:51 Pisces
- 14:51 – 16:32 Aries
- 16:32 – 18:30 Taurus
- 18:30 – 20:44 Gemini
- 20:44 – 22:59 Cancer
- 22:59 – 01:11 next day Leo
- 01:11 – 03:21 next day Virgo
- 03:21 – 05:35 next day Libra
- 05:35 – 05:54 next day Scorpio
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