Kolkata panchang, 8 April 2026
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 23:34 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:23 to 17:53- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:57 – 08:31
- Gulika Kalam 10:04 – 11:38
- Durmuhurta 11:13 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:03 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:38 – 13:12
- 05:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:54 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:54 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:10 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
17:53 to 05:23 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:02 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 19:02
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 05:54 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 17:10
- Karana Gara until 05:48, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 05:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:54 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:54 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:10 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 19:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:02 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:57 – 08:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:13 – 12:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:38 – 13:12
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:10 – 05:34 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. 03:51 – 04:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:53 – 20:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:54 – 05:23 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:02 – 05:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:23 – 06:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:57 – 08:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:31 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:04 – 11:38 | Good |
| Rog | 11:38 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:12 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:19 – 17:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:53 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:19 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 23:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:38 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:04 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:30 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:56 – 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
- 05:23 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:41 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:38 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:33 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:23 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 04:14 Aquarius
- 04:14 – 05:45 Pisces
- 05:45 – 07:26 Aries
- 07:26 – 09:24 Taurus
- 09:24 – 11:37 Gemini
- 11:37 – 13:53 Cancer
- 13:53 – 16:04 Leo
- 16:04 – 18:14 Virgo
- 18:14 – 20:29 Libra
- 20:29 – 22:44 Scorpio
- 22:44 – 00:50 next day Sagittarius
- 00:50 – 02:36 next day Capricorn
- 02:36 – 04:10 next day Aquarius
- 04:10 – 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