Kolkata panchang, 14 April 2026
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 02:59 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:18 to 17:55- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:49 – 08:40
- Yamaganda 08:27 – 10:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 12:02
- Gulika Kalam 11:37 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam 14:46 – 16:20
- 12:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:39 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 16:06 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:55 to 05:17 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 00:12 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 00:12 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 16:06 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 15:39
- Karana Kaulava until 12:46, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:39 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 16:06 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 00:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 00:12 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:49 – 08:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 10:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:37 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:20
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:18 – 16:06
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:06 – 05:17 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. 03:47 – 04:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:11 – 12:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:11
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:12 – 05:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:18 – 06:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:53 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Char | 08:27 – 10:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:02 – 11:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:37 – 13:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:11 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:46 – 16:20 | Good |
| Rog | 16:20 – 17:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:55 – 19:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:20 – 20:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:46 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:11 – 23:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:36 – 01:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:01 – 02:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:27 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:52 – 05:17 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
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:21 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:33 NowSaturn
- 11:37 NowJupiter
- 12:40 NowMars
- 13:43 NowSun
- 14:46 NowVenus
- 15:49 NowMercury
- 16:52 NowMoon
- 17:55 NowSaturn
- 18:52 NowJupiter
- 19:49 NowMars
- 20:46 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:39 NowMercury
- 23:36 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:18 NowSun
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 03:50 Aquarius
- 03:50 – 05:21 Pisces
- 05:21 – 07:02 Aries
- 07:02 – 09:00 Taurus
- 09:00 – 11:14 Gemini
- 11:14 – 13:29 Cancer
- 13:29 – 15:41 Leo
- 15:41 – 17:51 Virgo
- 17:51 – 20:05 Libra
- 20:05 – 22:21 Scorpio
- 22:21 – 00:26 next day Sagittarius
- 00:26 – 02:13 next day Capricorn
- 02:13 – 03:46 next day Aquarius
- 03:46 – 05:17 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