Kolkata panchang, 21 April 2026
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 08:11 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:12 to 17:58- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:45 – 08:36
- Yamaganda 08:24 – 09:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:09 – 12:00
- Gulika Kalam 11:35 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam 14:46 – 16:22
- 12:31 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 13:00 Moon enters Gemini
- 14:45 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:58 to 05:11 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 03:42 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:58 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 01:20 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 23:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 12:31
- Karana Bava until 14:45, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:31 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 13:00 Moon enters Gemini
- 14:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:58 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:45 – 08:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 09:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:11
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:31 – 14:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:22
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. 03:42 – 04:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:09 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:58 – 05:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:12 – 06:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:48 – 08:24 | Bad |
| Char | 08:24 – 09:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:59 – 11:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:35 – 13:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:11 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:46 – 16:22 | Good |
| Rog | 16:22 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:58 – 19:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:22 – 20:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:46 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:10 – 23:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:35 – 00:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:59 – 02:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:23 – 03:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:47 – 05:11 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
- 05:12 NowMars
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:31 NowSaturn
- 11:35 NowJupiter
- 12:39 NowMars
- 13:43 NowSun
- 14:46 NowVenus
- 15:50 NowMercury
- 16:54 NowMoon
- 17:58 NowSaturn
- 18:54 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:46 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:38 NowMercury
- 23:35 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:23 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:12 NowMars
- 06:12 NowSun
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:12 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:12 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:12 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:12 NowSun
- 21:12 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:12 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:12 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:42 – 04:54 Pisces
- 04:54 – 06:34 Aries
- 06:34 – 08:33 Taurus
- 08:33 – 10:46 Gemini
- 10:46 – 13:02 Cancer
- 13:02 – 15:13 Leo
- 15:13 – 17:23 Virgo
- 17:23 – 19:37 Libra
- 19:37 – 21:53 Scorpio
- 21:53 – 23:58 Sagittarius
- 23:58 – 01:45 next day Capricorn
- 01:45 – 03:19 next day Aquarius
- 03:19 – 04:50 next day Pisces
- 04:50 – 05:11 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