Kolkata panchang, 20 April 2026
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 07:10 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:13 to 17:57- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:49 – 08:24
- Yamaganda 10:00 – 11:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 12:01 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam 13:11 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:24
- 07:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:11 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:49 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:57 to 05:12 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 03:42 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:15 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 07:28
- Nakshatra Rohini until 02:08 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 16:11
- Karana Gara until 07:28, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:11 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:15 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:49 – 08:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:01 – 12:52
- Gulika 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. 03:43 – 04:28
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:13 – 02:08 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:13 – 02:08 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 02:08 – 05:12 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:08 – 05:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:13 – 06:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:49 – 08:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:24 – 10:00 | Good |
| Rog | 10:00 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:35 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Char | 13:11 – 14:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:46 – 16:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:22 – 17:57 | Good |
| Char | 17:57 – 19:22 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:22 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:46 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:10 – 23:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:35 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:59 – 02:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:23 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:48 – 05:12 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:31 NowVenus
- 11:35 NowMercury
- 12:39 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:54 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 18:54 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:35 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:31 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:13 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:13 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:13 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:13 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:43 – 04:58 Pisces
- 04:58 – 06:38 Aries
- 06:38 – 08:37 Taurus
- 08:37 – 10:50 Gemini
- 10:50 – 13:06 Cancer
- 13:06 – 15:17 Leo
- 15:17 – 17:27 Virgo
- 17:27 – 19:41 Libra
- 19:41 – 21:57 Scorpio
- 21:57 – 00:02 next day Sagittarius
- 00:02 – 01:49 next day Capricorn
- 01:49 – 03:23 next day Aquarius
- 03:23 – 04:54 next day Pisces
- 04:54 – 05:12 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