Kolkata panchang, 12 April 2026
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 01:46 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:20 to 17:54- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 12:02
- Yamaganda 11:37 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:20
- Durmuhurta 16:14 – 17:04
- Rahu Kalam 16:20 – 17:54
- 13:03 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:14 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:54 to 05:19 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:15 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 01:17 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:17 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:44 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 01:17 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 15:14 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 18:15
- Karana Vanija until 13:03, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:03 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:14 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 18:15 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 01:17 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:17 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:44 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:37 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:14 – 17:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:20 – 17:54
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. 03:48 – 04:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:12 – 12:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:11
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:20 – 06:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:54 – 08:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:28 – 10:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:03 – 11:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:37 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:11 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:20 – 17:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:54 – 19:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:20 – 20:45 | Good |
| Char | 20:45 – 22:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:11 – 23:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:37 – 01:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:02 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:28 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:53 – 05:19 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
- 05:20 NowSun
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:34 NowJupiter
- 11:37 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 18:51 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:37 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:34 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowSun
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 03:58 Aquarius
- 03:58 – 05:29 Pisces
- 05:29 – 07:10 Aries
- 07:10 – 09:08 Taurus
- 09:08 – 11:22 Gemini
- 11:22 – 13:37 Cancer
- 13:37 – 15:48 Leo
- 15:48 – 17:59 Virgo
- 17:59 – 20:13 Libra
- 20:13 – 22:29 Scorpio
- 22:29 – 00:34 next day Sagittarius
- 00:34 – 02:21 next day Capricorn
- 02:21 – 03:54 next day Aquarius
- 03:54 – 05:19 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