Kolkata panchang, 18 April 2026
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 05:28 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:15 to 17:56- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:15 – 06:50
- Durmuhurta 05:15 – 06:05
- Durmuhurta 06:05 – 06:56
- Rahu Kalam 08:25 – 10:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 12:01
- Yamaganda 13:11 – 14:46
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:11 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:56 to 05:14 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 03:44 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 14:11
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 09:42 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 23:56
- Karana Bava until 14:11, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:15 – 06:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:15 – 06:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:05 – 06:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 10:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:46
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. 03:44 – 04:29
- 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
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:15 – 06:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:50 – 08:25 | Good |
| Rog | 08:25 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:00 – 11:36 | Bad |
| Char | 11:36 – 13:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:11 – 14:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:46 – 16:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:21 – 17:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:56 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:21 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:46 – 22:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:11 – 23:35 | Good |
| Char | 23:35 – 01:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:00 – 02:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:25 – 03:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:49 – 05:14 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
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:22 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:36 NowMoon
- 12:39 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:50 NowSun
- 16:53 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 18:53 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:42 NowMars
- 22:39 NowSun
- 23:35 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:21 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:15 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:15 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:15 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:15 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:15 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:44 – 05:06 Pisces
- 05:06 – 06:46 Aries
- 06:46 – 08:45 Taurus
- 08:45 – 10:58 Gemini
- 10:58 – 13:14 Cancer
- 13:14 – 15:25 Leo
- 15:25 – 17:35 Virgo
- 17:35 – 19:49 Libra
- 19:49 – 22:05 Scorpio
- 22:05 – 00:10 next day Sagittarius
- 00:10 – 01:57 next day Capricorn
- 01:57 – 03:31 next day Aquarius
- 03:31 – 05:02 next day Pisces
- 05:02 – 05:14 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