Kolkata panchang, 27 March 2026
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 12:30 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:35 to 17:49- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:06 – 08:38
- Durmuhurta 08:01 – 08:50
- Rahu Kalam 10:10 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:55
- Yamaganda 14:45 – 16:17
- 09:36 Moon enters Cancer
- 10:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 10:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:24 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
17:49 to 05:34 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:00 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:10 Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 10:07
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 15:24 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Atiganda until 22:10
- Karana Kaulava until 10:07, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:36 Moon enters Cancer
- 10:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 10:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:24 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 21:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:10 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:06 – 08:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:01 – 08:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:10 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:17
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:24 – 05:34 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. 04:01 – 04:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:17 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:49 – 20:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:35 – 15:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:35 – 05:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:35 – 07:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:06 – 08:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:38 – 10:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:10 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:42 – 13:13 | Good |
| Rog | 13:13 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:45 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Char | 16:17 – 17:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:49 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:17 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:45 – 22:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:13 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:41 – 01:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:09 – 02:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:37 – 04:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:06 – 05:34 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
- 05:35 NowVenus
- 06:36 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:39 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:47 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:47 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:42 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowVenus
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 05:01 Aquarius
- 05:01 – 06:32 Pisces
- 06:32 – 08:13 Aries
- 08:13 – 10:11 Taurus
- 10:11 – 12:24 Gemini
- 12:24 – 14:40 Cancer
- 14:40 – 16:51 Leo
- 16:51 – 19:02 Virgo
- 19:02 – 21:16 Libra
- 21:16 – 23:31 Scorpio
- 23:31 – 01:37 next day Sagittarius
- 01:37 – 03:24 next day Capricorn
- 03:24 – 04:57 next day Aquarius
- 04:57 – 05:34 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