Kolkata panchang, 25 March 2026
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 10:20 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:37 to 17:48- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:08 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam 10:11 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:18 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:07 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 13:14
- 06:02 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 06:17 Moon enters Gemini
- 13:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:33 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
17:48 to 05:36 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:01 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:47 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:09 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 13:50
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 17:33 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ayushman until 06:02
- Karana Vanija until 13:50, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:02 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 06:17 Moon enters Gemini
- 13:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:33 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 00:47 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:09 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:08 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:11 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:18 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:14
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. 04:02 – 04:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:18 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:48 – 20:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:37 – 17:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:37 – 13:50
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:37 – 07:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:08 – 08:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:39 – 10:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:11 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:14 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:16 – 17:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:48 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:16 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:13 | Good |
| Char | 22:13 – 23:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:42 – 01:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:10 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:39 – 04:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:07 – 05:36 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
- 05:37 NowMercury
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:39 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:47 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
- 05:37 NowMercury
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:37 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:37 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:37 NowMoon
- 14:37 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:37 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:37 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:02 – 05:09 Aquarius
- 05:09 – 06:40 Pisces
- 06:40 – 08:21 Aries
- 08:21 – 10:19 Taurus
- 10:19 – 12:32 Gemini
- 12:32 – 14:48 Cancer
- 14:48 – 16:59 Leo
- 16:59 – 19:09 Virgo
- 19:09 – 21:24 Libra
- 21:24 – 23:39 Scorpio
- 23:39 – 01:45 next day Sagittarius
- 01:45 – 03:31 next day Capricorn
- 03:31 – 05:05 next day Aquarius
- 05:05 – 05:36 next day Pisces
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