Kolkata panchang, 9 April 2026
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 17:53 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:23 – 06:56
- Gulika Kalam 08:30 – 10:04
- Durmuhurta 09:33 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:03
- Rahu Kalam 13:12 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:23
- 08:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 08:48 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
17:53 to 05:22 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:58 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 21:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 21:20 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 21:20
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:48 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 17:58
- Karana Vishti until 08:13, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 08:48 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 17:58 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 21:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 21:20 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:23 – 06:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 10:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:33 – 10:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:23
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 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 05:23 – 08:48
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:23 – 06:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:56 – 08:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:30 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Char | 10:04 – 11:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:38 – 13:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:12 – 14:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:45 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:19 – 17:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:53 – 19:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:19 – 20:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:45 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:11 – 23:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:37 – 01:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:03 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:56 – 05:22 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
- 05:23 NowJupiter
- 06:25 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:30 NowVenus
- 09:33 NowMercury
- 10:35 NowMoon
- 11:38 NowSaturn
- 12:40 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:48 NowVenus
- 16:51 NowMercury
- 17:53 NowMoon
- 18:51 NowSaturn
- 19:48 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:40 NowVenus
- 23:37 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMoon
- 01:32 NowSaturn
- 02:30 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:24 NowSun
- 05:23 NowJupiter
- 06:23 NowMars
- 07:23 NowSun
- 08:23 NowVenus
- 09:23 NowMercury
- 10:23 NowMoon
- 11:23 NowSaturn
- 12:23 NowJupiter
- 13:23 NowMars
- 14:23 NowSun
- 15:23 NowVenus
- 16:23 NowMercury
- 17:23 NowMoon
- 18:23 NowSaturn
- 19:23 NowJupiter
- 20:23 NowMars
- 21:23 NowSun
- 22:23 NowVenus
- 23:23 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMoon
- 01:23 NowSaturn
- 02:23 NowJupiter
- 03:23 NowMars
- 04:23 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 04:10 Aquarius
- 04:10 – 05:41 Pisces
- 05:41 – 07:22 Aries
- 07:22 – 09:20 Taurus
- 09:20 – 11:33 Gemini
- 11:33 – 13:49 Cancer
- 13:49 – 16:00 Leo
- 16:00 – 18:10 Virgo
- 18:10 – 20:25 Libra
- 20:25 – 22:40 Scorpio
- 22:40 – 00:46 next day Sagittarius
- 00:46 – 02:33 next day Capricorn
- 02:33 – 04:06 next day Aquarius
- 04:06 – 05:22 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