Kolkata panchang, 19 April 2026
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 06:16 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:14 to 17:57- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 12:01
- Yamaganda 11:35 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:21
- Durmuhurta 16:15 – 17:06
- Rahu Kalam 16:21 – 17:57
- 07:10 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 10:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 10:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:31 Moon enters Taurus
Night
17:57 to 05:13 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 03:43 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:02 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 21:08 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 10:49
- Nakshatra Bharani until 07:10 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 20:02
- Karana Kaulava until 10:49, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:10 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 10:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 10:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:31 Moon enters Taurus
- 20:02 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 21:08 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:15 – 17:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:21 – 17:57
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:14 – 07:10
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 17:57 – 20:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:35 – 05:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:14 – 06:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:49 – 08:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:25 – 10:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:00 – 11:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:35 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:11 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:21 – 17:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:57 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:21 – 20:46 | Good |
| Char | 20:46 – 22:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:10 – 23:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:35 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:59 – 02:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:24 – 03:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:49 – 05:13 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
- 05:14 NowSun
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:32 NowJupiter
- 11:35 NowMars
- 12:39 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:35 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:31 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowSun
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:44 – 05:02 Pisces
- 05:02 – 06:42 Aries
- 06:42 – 08:41 Taurus
- 08:41 – 10:54 Gemini
- 10:54 – 13:10 Cancer
- 13:10 – 15:21 Leo
- 15:21 – 17:31 Virgo
- 17:31 – 19:45 Libra
- 19:45 – 22:01 Scorpio
- 22:01 – 00:06 next day Sagittarius
- 00:06 – 01:53 next day Capricorn
- 01:53 – 03:27 next day Aquarius
- 03:27 – 04:58 next day Pisces
- 04:58 – 05:13 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