Kolkata panchang, 1 April 2026
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 17:19 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:30 to 17:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:03 – 08:35
- Gulika Kalam 10:08 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta 11:15 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:05 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:40 – 13:13
- 07:06 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 07:06 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:50 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:17 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
17:50 to 05:29 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 07:06
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 16:17 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 14:50
- Karana Vanija until 07:06, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:06 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 07:06 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:50 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:17 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 19:21 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:03 – 08:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:08 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:15 – 12:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:13
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. 03:57 – 04:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:50 – 20:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:30 – 16:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:17 – 05:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:30 – 07:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:03 – 08:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:35 – 10:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:08 – 11:40 | Good |
| Rog | 11:40 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:13 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:18 – 17:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:50 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:18 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:12 | Good |
| Char | 22:12 – 23:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:40 – 01:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:07 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:34 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:02 – 05:29 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
- 05:30 NowMercury
- 06:32 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:37 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:49 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:36 NowVenus
- 02:34 NowMercury
- 03:33 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:30 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:41 Aquarius
- 04:41 – 06:12 Pisces
- 06:12 – 07:53 Aries
- 07:53 – 09:51 Taurus
- 09:51 – 12:05 Gemini
- 12:05 – 14:20 Cancer
- 14:20 – 16:32 Leo
- 16:32 – 18:42 Virgo
- 18:42 – 20:56 Libra
- 20:56 – 23:12 Scorpio
- 23:12 – 01:17 next day Sagittarius
- 01:17 – 03:04 next day Capricorn
- 03:04 – 04:37 next day Aquarius
- 04:37 – 05:29 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