Kolkata panchang, 4 April 2026
Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 19:59 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:27 to 17:51- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:27 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta 05:27 – 06:17
- Durmuhurta 06:17 – 07:06
- Rahu Kalam 08:33 – 10:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:04
- Yamaganda 13:12 – 14:45
- 10:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 10:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:17 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
17:51 to 05:26 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:35 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 23:02 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 10:09
- Nakshatra Swati until 21:35 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Harshana until 14:17
- Karana Gara until 10:09, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 10:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:17 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 21:35 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 23:02 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:27 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:27 – 06:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:17 – 07:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 10:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:45
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:17 – 15:29
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. 03:54 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:51 – 20:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:27 – 21:35
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:27 – 21:35
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:27 – 07:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:00 – 08:33 | Good |
| Rog | 08:33 – 10:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:06 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Char | 11:39 – 13:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:12 – 14:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:45 – 16:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:18 – 17:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:51 – 19:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:18 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:45 – 22:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:12 – 23:39 | Good |
| Char | 23:39 – 01:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:06 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:32 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:59 – 05:26 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
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMars
- 08:33 NowSun
- 09:35 NowVenus
- 10:37 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:41 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:47 NowSun
- 16:49 NowVenus
- 17:51 NowMercury
- 18:49 NowMoon
- 19:47 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:41 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMercury
- 01:35 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:30 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:27 NowMercury
- 11:27 NowMoon
- 12:27 NowSaturn
- 13:27 NowJupiter
- 14:27 NowMars
- 15:27 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:27 NowSun
- 23:27 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 04:30 Aquarius
- 04:30 – 06:01 Pisces
- 06:01 – 07:41 Aries
- 07:41 – 09:40 Taurus
- 09:40 – 11:53 Gemini
- 11:53 – 14:09 Cancer
- 14:09 – 16:20 Leo
- 16:20 – 18:30 Virgo
- 18:30 – 20:44 Libra
- 20:44 – 23:00 Scorpio
- 23:00 – 01:05 next day Sagittarius
- 01:05 – 02:52 next day Capricorn
- 02:52 – 04:26 next day Aquarius
- 04:26 – 05:26 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