Kolkata panchang, 1 May 2026
Sunrise 05:05 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 17:52 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:05 to 18:02- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:42 – 08:19
- Durmuhurta 07:40 – 08:32
- Rahu Kalam 09:56 – 11:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:51
- Yamaganda 14:48 – 16:25
- 10:00 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:02 to 05:04 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 03:36 – 04:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:13 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 22:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 22:53
- Nakshatra Swati until 04:35 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 21:13
- Karana Vishti until 10:00, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:13 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 22:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:42 – 08:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:40 – 08:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:56 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:13 – 21:44 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. 03:36 – 04:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:07 – 11:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:14
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:53 – 05:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:05 – 06:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:42 – 08:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:19 – 09:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:56 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:33 – 13:10 | Good |
| Rog | 13:10 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:48 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Char | 16:25 – 18:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:02 – 19:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:25 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:47 – 22:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:10 – 23:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:33 – 00:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:56 – 02:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:19 – 03:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:41 – 05:04 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
- 05:05 NowVenus
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:52 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 18:02 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:47 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:33 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowVenus
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:36 – 04:14 Pisces
- 04:14 – 05:55 Aries
- 05:55 – 07:53 Taurus
- 07:53 – 10:07 Gemini
- 10:07 – 12:22 Cancer
- 12:22 – 14:34 Leo
- 14:34 – 16:44 Virgo
- 16:44 – 18:58 Libra
- 18:58 – 21:14 Scorpio
- 21:14 – 23:19 Sagittarius
- 23:19 – 01:06 next day Capricorn
- 01:06 – 02:39 next day Aquarius
- 02:39 – 04:11 next day Pisces
- 04:11 – 05:04 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