Kolkata panchang, 29 April 2026
Sunrise 05:06 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 16:06 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:06 to 18:01- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:43 – 08:20
- Gulika Kalam 09:57 – 11:34
- Durmuhurta 11:08 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:08 – 11:59 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:34 – 13:10
- 07:19 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:01 to 05:06 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 03:37 – 04:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 19:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:51 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 00:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 19:52
- Nakshatra Hasta until 00:16 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 20:51
- Karana Kaulava until 07:19, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 19:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:51 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 00:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:43 – 08:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:57 – 11:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:08 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:34 – 13:10
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:51 – 22:03
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. 03:37 – 04:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:08 – 11:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:06 – 00:16 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:16 – 05:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:06 – 06:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:43 – 08:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:20 – 09:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:57 – 11:34 | Good |
| Rog | 11:34 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:10 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:24 – 18:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:01 – 19:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:24 – 20:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:47 – 22:10 | Good |
| Char | 22:10 – 23:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:33 – 00:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:56 – 02:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:19 – 03:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:42 – 05:06 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
- 05:06 NowMercury
- 06:11 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:34 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:33 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
- 05:06 NowMercury
- 06:06 NowMoon
- 07:06 NowSaturn
- 08:06 NowJupiter
- 09:06 NowMars
- 10:06 NowSun
- 11:06 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 13:06 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:06 NowJupiter
- 16:06 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:06 NowVenus
- 19:06 NowMercury
- 20:06 NowMoon
- 21:06 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 23:06 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSun
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:06 NowMercury
- 03:06 NowMoon
- 04:06 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:37 – 04:22 Pisces
- 04:22 – 06:03 Aries
- 06:03 – 08:01 Taurus
- 08:01 – 10:15 Gemini
- 10:15 – 12:30 Cancer
- 12:30 – 14:42 Leo
- 14:42 – 16:52 Virgo
- 16:52 – 19:06 Libra
- 19:06 – 21:22 Scorpio
- 21:22 – 23:27 Sagittarius
- 23:27 – 01:14 next day Capricorn
- 01:14 – 02:47 next day Aquarius
- 02:47 – 04:18 next day Pisces
- 04:18 – 05:06 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