Kolkata panchang, 5 April 2026
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 20:54 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:26 to 17:52- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:04
- Yamaganda 11:39 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam 14:45 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta 16:12 – 17:02
- Rahu Kalam 16:19 – 17:52
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 12:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:43 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 17:28 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
17:52 to 05:25 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 12:00
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 00:08 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vajra until 14:43
- Karana Vishti until 12:00, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 12:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:43 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 17:28 Moon enters Scorpio
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:12 – 17:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:19 – 17:52
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:26 – 00:08 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:08 – 05:25 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. 03:54 – 04:40
- 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 17:52 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:26 – 06:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:59 – 08:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:33 – 10:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:06 – 11:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:39 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:12 – 14:45 | Good |
| Rog | 14:45 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:19 – 17:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:52 – 19:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:18 – 20:45 | Good |
| Char | 20:45 – 22:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:12 – 23:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:38 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:05 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:32 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:59 – 05:25 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
- 05:26 NowSun
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:37 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:41 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:47 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:52 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:47 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:41 NowMoon
- 23:38 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:34 NowMars
- 02:32 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowSun
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 04:26 Aquarius
- 04:26 – 05:57 Pisces
- 05:57 – 07:37 Aries
- 07:37 – 09:36 Taurus
- 09:36 – 11:49 Gemini
- 11:49 – 14:05 Cancer
- 14:05 – 16:16 Leo
- 16:16 – 18:26 Virgo
- 18:26 – 20:40 Libra
- 20:40 – 22:56 Scorpio
- 22:56 – 01:01 next day Sagittarius
- 01:01 – 02:48 next day Capricorn
- 02:48 – 04:22 next day Aquarius
- 04:22 – 05:25 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