Kolkata panchang, 22 April 2026
Sunrise 05:11 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 09:16 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:11 to 17:58- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:47 – 08:23
- Gulika Kalam 09:59 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta 11:09 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:09 – 12:00 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:35 – 13:11
- 09:08 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 12:01 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:58 to 05:11 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 03:41 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:13 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 22:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:50 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 22:50
- Nakshatra Ardra until 22:13 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 09:08
- Karana Kaulava until 12:01, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:08 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 12:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:13 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 22:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:50 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:47 – 08:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:09 – 12:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:11
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 20:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:11 – 22:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:50 – 05:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:11 – 06:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:47 – 08:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:23 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:59 – 11:35 | Good |
| Rog | 11:35 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:22 – 17:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:58 – 19:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:22 – 20:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:46 – 22:10 | Good |
| Char | 22:10 – 23:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:34 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:58 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:23 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:34 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:11 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 09:11 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:11 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:11 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:11 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:42 – 04:50 Pisces
- 04:50 – 06:30 Aries
- 06:30 – 08:29 Taurus
- 08:29 – 10:42 Gemini
- 10:42 – 12:58 Cancer
- 12:58 – 15:09 Leo
- 15:09 – 17:19 Virgo
- 17:19 – 19:33 Libra
- 19:33 – 21:49 Scorpio
- 21:49 – 23:54 Sagittarius
- 23:54 – 01:41 next day Capricorn
- 01:41 – 03:15 next day Aquarius
- 03:15 – 04:46 next day Pisces
- 04:46 – 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