Kolkata panchang, 13 April 2026
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 02:24 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:19 to 17:55- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:53 – 08:28
- Yamaganda 10:02 – 11:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 12:02 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam 13:11 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:23
- 13:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:03 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
17:55 to 05:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:09 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 01:09 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 01:09 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 16:03 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 17:16
- Karana Bava until 13:19, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:03 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 01:09 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 01:09 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:02 – 11:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:02 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:23
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 02:11 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 01:09 – 03:12 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. 03:48 – 04:33
- 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 17:55 – 20:11
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:19 – 06:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:53 – 08:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:28 – 10:02 | Good |
| Rog | 10:02 – 11:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:37 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Char | 13:11 – 14:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:46 – 16:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:20 – 17:55 | Good |
| Char | 17:55 – 19:20 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:20 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:45 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:11 – 23:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:36 – 01:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:02 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:27 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:53 – 05:18 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
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:22 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:34 NowVenus
- 11:37 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:49 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:36 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:33 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 03:54 Aquarius
- 03:54 – 05:25 Pisces
- 05:25 – 07:06 Aries
- 07:06 – 09:04 Taurus
- 09:04 – 11:18 Gemini
- 11:18 – 13:33 Cancer
- 13:33 – 15:45 Leo
- 15:45 – 17:55 Virgo
- 17:55 – 20:09 Libra
- 20:09 – 22:25 Scorpio
- 22:25 – 00:30 next day Sagittarius
- 00:30 – 02:17 next day Capricorn
- 02:17 – 03:50 next day Aquarius
- 03:50 – 05:18 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