Kolkata panchang, 25 April 2026
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 12:28 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:09 to 17:59- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:09 – 06:45
- Durmuhurta 05:09 – 06:00
- Durmuhurta 06:00 – 06:52
- Rahu Kalam 08:22 – 09:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:09 – 12:00
- Yamaganda 13:10 – 14:47
- 06:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:59 to 05:08 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 03:39 – 04:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 18:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 20:04 Moon enters Leo
- 23:43 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 18:28
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 20:04 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 23:43
- Karana Balava until 06:51, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 18:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 20:04 Moon enters Leo
- 23:43 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:24 – 03:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:09 – 06:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:09 – 06:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:00 – 06:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 09:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:47
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 01:03 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 00:01 – 02:04 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. 03:40 – 04:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:09 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:09 – 05:08 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:09 – 18:28
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:09 – 06:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:45 – 08:22 | Good |
| Rog | 08:22 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:58 – 11:34 | Bad |
| Char | 11:34 – 13:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:10 – 14:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:47 – 16:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:23 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:59 – 19:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:23 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:47 – 22:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:10 – 23:34 | Good |
| Char | 23:34 – 00:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:57 – 02:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:21 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:45 – 05:08 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
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:22 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:30 NowMercury
- 11:34 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:47 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 16:55 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 18:55 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:47 NowJupiter
- 21:42 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:34 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:21 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:13 NowMars
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMars
- 08:09 NowSun
- 09:09 NowVenus
- 10:09 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:09 NowMars
- 15:09 NowSun
- 16:09 NowVenus
- 17:09 NowMercury
- 18:09 NowMoon
- 19:09 NowSaturn
- 20:09 NowJupiter
- 21:09 NowMars
- 22:09 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:09 NowSaturn
- 03:09 NowJupiter
- 04:09 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:40 – 04:38 Pisces
- 04:38 – 06:19 Aries
- 06:19 – 08:17 Taurus
- 08:17 – 10:30 Gemini
- 10:30 – 12:46 Cancer
- 12:46 – 14:57 Leo
- 14:57 – 17:08 Virgo
- 17:08 – 19:22 Libra
- 19:22 – 21:37 Scorpio
- 21:37 – 23:43 Sagittarius
- 23:43 – 01:30 next day Capricorn
- 01:30 – 03:03 next day Aquarius
- 03:03 – 04:34 next day Pisces
- 04:34 – 05:08 next day Aries
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