Kolkata panchang, 17 April 2026
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 04:47 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:51 – 08:26
- Durmuhurta 07:48 – 08:38
- Rahu Kalam 10:01 – 11:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 12:01 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 14:46 – 16:21
- 06:50 Karana becomes Naga
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:02 Moon enters Aries
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
17:56 to 05:15 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 03:44 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:45 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 17:21
- Nakshatra Revati until 12:02 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 07:21
- Karana Chatushpada until 06:50, then Naga
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:50 Karana becomes Naga
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:02 Moon enters Aries
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:45 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:26
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:21 – 08:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:48 – 08:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:01 – 11:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:01 – 12:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:21
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. 03:45 – 04:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:10 – 12:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:12
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:16 – 12:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:16 – 12:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:02 – 05:15 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:21 – 05:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:16 – 06:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:51 – 08:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:26 – 10:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:01 – 11:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:36 – 13:11 | Good |
| Rog | 13:11 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Char | 16:21 – 17:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:56 – 19:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:21 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:46 – 22:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:11 – 23:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:35 – 01:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:00 – 02:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:25 – 03:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:50 – 05:15 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
- 05:16 NowVenus
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:49 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 05:10 Pisces
- 05:10 – 06:50 Aries
- 06:50 – 08:49 Taurus
- 08:49 – 11:02 Gemini
- 11:02 – 13:18 Cancer
- 13:18 – 15:29 Leo
- 15:29 – 17:39 Virgo
- 17:39 – 19:53 Libra
- 19:53 – 22:09 Scorpio
- 22:09 – 00:14 next day Sagittarius
- 00:14 – 02:01 next day Capricorn
- 02:01 – 03:34 next day Aquarius
- 03:34 – 05:06 next day Pisces
- 05:06 – 05:15 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