Kolkata panchang, 15 April 2026
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 03:34 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:17 to 17:55- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:52 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:02 – 11:36
- Durmuhurta 11:11 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 12:02 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:36 – 13:11
- 09:37 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:25 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:22 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
17:55 to 05:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:31 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:31
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 15:22 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 13:25
- Karana Gara until 11:27, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:37 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:25 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:22 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 22:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:31 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:02 – 11:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:11 – 12:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:36 – 13:11
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:31 – 09:26 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. 03:46 – 04:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 20:12
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:17 – 06:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:52 – 08:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:27 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:02 – 11:36 | Good |
| Rog | 11:36 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:21 – 17:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:55 – 19:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:20 – 20:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:46 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 23:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:36 – 01:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:01 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:26 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:51 – 05:16 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
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:36 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 03:46 Aquarius
- 03:46 – 05:17 Pisces
- 05:17 – 06:58 Aries
- 06:58 – 08:56 Taurus
- 08:56 – 11:10 Gemini
- 11:10 – 13:25 Cancer
- 13:25 – 15:37 Leo
- 15:37 – 17:47 Virgo
- 17:47 – 20:01 Libra
- 20:01 – 22:17 Scorpio
- 22:17 – 00:22 next day Sagittarius
- 00:22 – 02:09 next day Capricorn
- 02:09 – 03:42 next day Aquarius
- 03:42 – 05:13 next day Pisces
- 05:13 – 05:16 next day Aries
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