Kolkata panchang, 3 April 2026
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 19:05 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:28 to 17:51- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:01 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta 07:57 – 08:46
- Rahu Kalam 10:07 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:54
- Yamaganda 14:45 – 16:18
- 06:28 Moon enters Libra
- 08:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 08:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:08 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
17:51 to 05:27 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:25 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 21:23 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 08:42
- Nakshatra Chitra until 19:25 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyaghata until 14:08
- Karana Kaulava until 08:42, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:28 Moon enters Libra
- 08:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 08:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:08 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 19:25 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 21:23 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:01 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:57 – 08:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:07 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:18
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. 03:55 – 04:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:04
- 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 05:28 – 08:42
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:28 – 07:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:01 – 08:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:34 – 10:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:07 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:40 – 13:12 | Good |
| Rog | 13:12 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:45 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Char | 16:18 – 17:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:51 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:18 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:45 – 22:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:12 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:39 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:06 – 02:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:33 – 04:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:00 – 05:27 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
- 05:28 NowVenus
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:38 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:47 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:47 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowVenus
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 04:33 Aquarius
- 04:33 – 06:05 Pisces
- 06:05 – 07:45 Aries
- 07:45 – 09:44 Taurus
- 09:44 – 11:57 Gemini
- 11:57 – 14:13 Cancer
- 14:13 – 16:24 Leo
- 16:24 – 18:34 Virgo
- 18:34 – 20:48 Libra
- 20:48 – 23:04 Scorpio
- 23:04 – 01:09 next day Sagittarius
- 01:09 – 02:56 next day Capricorn
- 02:56 – 04:30 next day Aquarius
- 04:30 – 05:27 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