Kolkata panchang, 23 April 2026
Sunrise 05:11 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 10:22 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:11 – 06:47
- Gulika Kalam 08:23 – 09:59
- Durmuhurta 09:27 – 10:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:09 – 12:00
- Rahu Kalam 13:11 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:25
- 06:07 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:45 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:13 Moon enters Cancer
Night
17:58 to 05:10 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 03:40 – 04:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:57 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:32 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 20:49
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 20:57 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 06:07
- Karana Gara until 09:45, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:07 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:45 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 20:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:57 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:32 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:11 – 06:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 09:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:27 – 10:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:25
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:49 – 08:01 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:32 – 05:32 next day
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. 03:41 – 04:26
- 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 – 20:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:11 – 20:57
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:11 – 20:57
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 20:57 – 05:10 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:57 – 05:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:11 – 06:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:47 – 08:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:23 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Char | 09:59 – 11:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:35 – 13:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:11 – 14:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:47 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:22 – 17:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:58 – 19:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:22 – 20:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:46 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:10 – 23:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:34 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:58 – 02:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:22 – 03:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:46 – 05:10 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
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 06:15 NowMars
- 07:19 NowSun
- 08:23 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:31 NowMoon
- 11:35 NowSaturn
- 12:39 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:47 NowSun
- 15:50 NowVenus
- 16:54 NowMercury
- 17:58 NowMoon
- 18:54 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:46 NowMars
- 21:42 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:34 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:22 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:14 NowSun
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 06:11 NowMars
- 07:11 NowSun
- 08:11 NowVenus
- 09:11 NowMercury
- 10:11 NowMoon
- 11:11 NowSaturn
- 12:11 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:11 NowVenus
- 16:11 NowMercury
- 17:11 NowMoon
- 18:11 NowSaturn
- 19:11 NowJupiter
- 20:11 NowMars
- 21:11 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 23:11 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:11 NowJupiter
- 03:11 NowMars
- 04:11 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:41 – 04:46 Pisces
- 04:46 – 06:27 Aries
- 06:27 – 08:25 Taurus
- 08:25 – 10:38 Gemini
- 10:38 – 12:54 Cancer
- 12:54 – 15:05 Leo
- 15:05 – 17:15 Virgo
- 17:15 – 19:30 Libra
- 19:30 – 21:45 Scorpio
- 21:45 – 23:51 Sagittarius
- 23:51 – 01:37 next day Capricorn
- 01:37 – 03:11 next day Aquarius
- 03:11 – 04:42 next day Pisces
- 04:42 – 05:10 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