Kolkata panchang, 7 April 2026
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 22:43 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:24 to 17:52- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:54 – 08:44
- Yamaganda 08:31 – 10:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:03
- Gulika Kalam 11:38 – 13:12
- Rahu Kalam 14:45 – 16:19
- 16:16 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 16:35 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:52 to 05:23 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 16:35
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 05:54 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyatipata until 16:16
- Karana Taitila until 16:35, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 16:16 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 16:35 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:54 – 08:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 10:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:38 – 13:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:19
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. 03:52 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:52 – 20:11
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:24 – 06:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:58 – 08:31 | Bad |
| Char | 08:31 – 10:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:05 – 11:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:38 – 13:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:12 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:45 – 16:19 | Good |
| Rog | 16:19 – 17:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:52 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:19 – 20:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:45 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:12 – 23:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:38 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:04 – 02:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:31 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:57 – 05:23 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
- 05:24 NowMars
- 06:27 NowSun
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:34 NowMoon
- 10:36 NowSaturn
- 11:38 NowJupiter
- 12:41 NowMars
- 13:43 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:48 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 17:52 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 19:48 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:43 NowVenus
- 22:40 NowMercury
- 23:38 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSaturn
- 01:33 NowJupiter
- 02:31 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMars
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:24 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:18 Aquarius
- 04:18 – 05:49 Pisces
- 05:49 – 07:29 Aries
- 07:29 – 09:28 Taurus
- 09:28 – 11:41 Gemini
- 11:41 – 13:57 Cancer
- 13:57 – 16:08 Leo
- 16:08 – 18:18 Virgo
- 18:18 – 20:32 Libra
- 20:32 – 22:48 Scorpio
- 22:48 – 00:53 next day Sagittarius
- 00:53 – 02:40 next day Capricorn
- 02:40 – 04:14 next day Aquarius
- 04:14 – 05:23 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