Kolkata panchang, 2 April 2026
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 18:12 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:29 to 17:51- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:29 – 07:02
- Gulika Kalam 08:34 – 10:07
- Durmuhurta 09:36 – 10:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:05
- Rahu Kalam 13:13 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:22
- 07:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 07:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:19 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 17:38 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
17:51 to 05:28 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 07:41
- Nakshatra Hasta until 17:38 · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 14:19
- Karana Bava until 07:41, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 07:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:19 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 17:38 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 20:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:29 – 07:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 10:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:36 – 10:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:45
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:19 – 17:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:22
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. 03:56 – 04:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:51 – 20:10
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:29 – 07:41
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:29 – 07:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:02 – 08:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:34 – 10:07 | Bad |
| Char | 10:07 – 11:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:40 – 13:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:13 – 14:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:45 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:18 – 17:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:51 – 19:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:18 – 20:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:45 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:12 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:39 – 01:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:07 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:34 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:01 – 05:28 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
- 05:29 NowJupiter
- 06:31 NowMars
- 07:33 NowSun
- 08:34 NowVenus
- 09:36 NowMercury
- 10:38 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:42 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:47 NowVenus
- 16:49 NowMercury
- 17:51 NowMoon
- 18:49 NowSaturn
- 19:47 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:41 NowVenus
- 23:39 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMoon
- 01:36 NowSaturn
- 02:34 NowJupiter
- 03:32 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
- 05:29 NowJupiter
- 06:29 NowMars
- 07:29 NowSun
- 08:29 NowVenus
- 09:29 NowMercury
- 10:29 NowMoon
- 11:29 NowSaturn
- 12:29 NowJupiter
- 13:29 NowMars
- 14:29 NowSun
- 15:29 NowVenus
- 16:29 NowMercury
- 17:29 NowMoon
- 18:29 NowSaturn
- 19:29 NowJupiter
- 20:29 NowMars
- 21:29 NowSun
- 22:29 NowVenus
- 23:29 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMoon
- 01:29 NowSaturn
- 02:29 NowJupiter
- 03:29 NowMars
- 04:29 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 04:37 Aquarius
- 04:37 – 06:08 Pisces
- 06:08 – 07:49 Aries
- 07:49 – 09:48 Taurus
- 09:48 – 12:01 Gemini
- 12:01 – 14:17 Cancer
- 14:17 – 16:28 Leo
- 16:28 – 18:38 Virgo
- 18:38 – 20:52 Libra
- 20:52 – 23:08 Scorpio
- 23:08 – 01:13 next day Sagittarius
- 01:13 – 03:00 next day Capricorn
- 03:00 – 04:33 next day Aquarius
- 04:33 – 05:28 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