Kolkata panchang, 27 April 2026
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 14:20 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:08 to 18:00- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:44 – 08:21
- Yamaganda 09:57 – 11:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:08 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 12:00 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam 13:10 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:26
- 06:08 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:00 to 05:07 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 03:38 – 04:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 18:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 21:35 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:35 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 18:16
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 21:18 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 21:35
- Karana Vanija until 06:08, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 18:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 21:35 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:35 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:08 – 18:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:44 – 08:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:57 – 11:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:00 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:26
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:35 – 01:11 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. 03:39 – 04:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:08 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:13
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:08 – 06:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:44 – 08:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:21 – 09:57 | Good |
| Rog | 09:57 – 11:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:34 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Char | 13:10 – 14:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:47 – 16:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:24 – 18:00 | Good |
| Char | 18:00 – 19:23 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:23 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:47 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:10 – 23:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:34 – 00:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:57 – 02:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:20 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:44 – 05:07 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
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:34 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:47 NowJupiter
- 15:51 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:51 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:34 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:11 NowJupiter
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:08 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:08 NowVenus
- 18:08 NowMercury
- 19:08 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 22:08 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:39 – 04:30 Pisces
- 04:30 – 06:11 Aries
- 06:11 – 08:09 Taurus
- 08:09 – 10:23 Gemini
- 10:23 – 12:38 Cancer
- 12:38 – 14:50 Leo
- 14:50 – 17:00 Virgo
- 17:00 – 19:14 Libra
- 19:14 – 21:30 Scorpio
- 21:30 – 23:35 Sagittarius
- 23:35 – 01:22 next day Capricorn
- 01:22 – 02:55 next day Aquarius
- 02:55 – 04:26 next day Pisces
- 04:26 – 05:07 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