Kolkata panchang, 16 April 2026
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 04:09 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:16 to 17:56- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:16 – 06:51
- Gulika Kalam 08:26 – 10:01
- Durmuhurta 09:29 – 10:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 12:01
- Rahu Kalam 13:11 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:24
- 09:26 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 13:59 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:56 to 05:16 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:11 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 20:11 Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 20:11
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 13:59 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 10:37
- Karana Vishti until 09:26, then Shakuni
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:26 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 13:59 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 20:11 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 20:11 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:31 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:16 – 06:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 10:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:29 – 10:20
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:37 – 07:21 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:24
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 – 04:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:11 – 12:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:59 – 05:16 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:11 – 05:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:16 – 06:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:51 – 08:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:26 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Char | 10:01 – 11:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:36 – 13:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:11 – 14:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:46 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:21 – 17:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:56 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:21 – 20:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:46 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:11 – 23:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:36 – 01:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:01 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:26 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:51 – 05:16 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
- 05:16 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMars
- 07:23 NowSun
- 08:26 NowVenus
- 09:29 NowMercury
- 10:33 NowMoon
- 11:36 NowSaturn
- 12:39 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:46 NowSun
- 15:49 NowVenus
- 16:52 NowMercury
- 17:56 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:46 NowMars
- 21:42 NowSun
- 22:39 NowVenus
- 23:36 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMoon
- 01:29 NowSaturn
- 02:26 NowJupiter
- 03:22 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
- 05:16 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMars
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 05:13 Pisces
- 05:13 – 06:54 Aries
- 06:54 – 08:52 Taurus
- 08:52 – 11:06 Gemini
- 11:06 – 13:21 Cancer
- 13:21 – 15:33 Leo
- 15:33 – 17:43 Virgo
- 17:43 – 19:57 Libra
- 19:57 – 22:13 Scorpio
- 22:13 – 00:18 next day Sagittarius
- 00:18 – 02:05 next day Capricorn
- 02:05 – 03:38 next day Aquarius
- 03:38 – 05:10 next day Pisces
- 05:10 – 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