Kolkata panchang, 30 April 2026
Sunrise 05:06 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 16:58 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:06 – 06:43
- Gulika Kalam 08:19 – 09:56
- Durmuhurta 09:24 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:08 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam 13:10 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:26
- 08:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:14 Moon enters Libra
Night
18:01 to 05:05 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 03:36 – 04:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:55 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 21:13 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 21:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 21:13
- Nakshatra Chitra until 02:16 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 20:55
- Karana Gara until 08:30, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:14 Moon enters Libra
- 20:55 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 21:13 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 21:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:06 – 06:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:19 – 09:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:24 – 10:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:26
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 – 04:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:06 – 02:16 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:13 – 05:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:06 – 06:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:43 – 08:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:19 – 09:56 | Bad |
| Char | 09:56 – 11:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:33 – 13:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:10 – 14:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:47 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:24 – 18:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:01 – 19:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:24 – 20:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:47 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:10 – 23:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:33 – 00:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:56 – 02:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:19 – 03:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:42 – 05:05 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
- 05:06 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMars
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:19 NowVenus
- 09:24 NowMercury
- 10:29 NowMoon
- 11:33 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:47 NowSun
- 15:52 NowVenus
- 16:57 NowMercury
- 18:01 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 19:52 NowJupiter
- 20:47 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:33 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:14 NowMars
- 04:10 NowSun
- 05:06 NowJupiter
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 09:06 NowMercury
- 10:06 NowMoon
- 11:06 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:06 NowMoon
- 18:06 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:06 NowSaturn
- 02:06 NowJupiter
- 03:06 NowMars
- 04:06 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:37 – 04:18 Pisces
- 04:18 – 05:59 Aries
- 05:59 – 07:57 Taurus
- 07:57 – 10:11 Gemini
- 10:11 – 12:26 Cancer
- 12:26 – 14:38 Leo
- 14:38 – 16:48 Virgo
- 16:48 – 19:02 Libra
- 19:02 – 21:18 Scorpio
- 21:18 – 23:23 Sagittarius
- 23:23 – 01:10 next day Capricorn
- 01:10 – 02:43 next day Aquarius
- 02:43 – 04:14 next day Pisces
- 04:14 – 05:05 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