Kolkata panchang, 24 April 2026
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 11:27 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:10 to 17:59- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:46 – 08:22
- Durmuhurta 07:44 – 08:35
- Rahu Kalam 09:58 – 11:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:09 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 12:00 – 12:51
- Yamaganda 14:47 – 16:23
- 08:01 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:59 to 05:09 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 03:40 – 04:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:14 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 01:24 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 19:22
- Nakshatra Pushya until 20:14 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shula until 01:24 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:01, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:14 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 01:24 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:49 – 08:01
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:46 – 08:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:44 – 08:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:00 – 12:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:23
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:24 – 03:48 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:10 – 20:14
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:14 – 05:09 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. 03:40 – 04:25
- 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 17:59 – 20:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:14 – 05:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:10 – 06:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:46 – 08:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:22 – 09:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:58 – 11:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:34 – 13:10 | Good |
| Rog | 13:10 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:47 – 16:23 | Bad |
| Char | 16:23 – 17:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:59 – 19:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:23 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:46 – 22:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:10 – 23:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:34 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:58 – 02:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:22 – 03:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:45 – 05:09 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
- 05:10 NowVenus
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowVenus
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:40 – 04:42 Pisces
- 04:42 – 06:23 Aries
- 06:23 – 08:21 Taurus
- 08:21 – 10:34 Gemini
- 10:34 – 12:50 Cancer
- 12:50 – 15:01 Leo
- 15:01 – 17:11 Virgo
- 17:11 – 19:26 Libra
- 19:26 – 21:41 Scorpio
- 21:41 – 23:47 Sagittarius
- 23:47 – 01:34 next day Capricorn
- 01:34 – 03:07 next day Aquarius
- 03:07 – 04:38 next day Pisces
- 04:38 – 05:09 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