Kolkata panchang, 6 April 2026
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 21:49 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:25 to 17:52- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:59 – 08:32
- Yamaganda 10:05 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam 13:12 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:23
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:11 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:25 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
17:52 to 05:24 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 14:11
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 02:56 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Siddhi until 15:25
- Karana Balava until 14:11, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:11 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:25 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 02:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:59 – 08:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:05 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:23
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:25 – 16:16 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. 03:53 – 04:39
- 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 – 20:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:25 – 02:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:25 – 06:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:59 – 08:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:32 – 10:05 | Good |
| Rog | 10:05 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:39 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Char | 13:12 – 14:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:45 – 16:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:19 – 17:52 | Good |
| Char | 17:52 – 19:19 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:19 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:45 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:12 – 23:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:38 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:05 – 02:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:31 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:58 – 05:24 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:25 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:34 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:41 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:48 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:52 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:47 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:43 NowJupiter
- 22:41 NowMars
- 23:38 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:34 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMoon
- 06:25 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:25 NowMercury
- 12:25 NowMoon
- 13:25 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:25 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:25 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:22 Aquarius
- 04:22 – 05:53 Pisces
- 05:53 – 07:33 Aries
- 07:33 – 09:32 Taurus
- 09:32 – 11:45 Gemini
- 11:45 – 14:01 Cancer
- 14:01 – 16:12 Leo
- 16:12 – 18:22 Virgo
- 18:22 – 20:36 Libra
- 20:36 – 22:52 Scorpio
- 22:52 – 00:57 next day Sagittarius
- 00:57 – 02:44 next day Capricorn
- 02:44 – 04:18 next day Aquarius
- 04:18 – 05:24 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