Kolkata panchang, 3 May 2026
Sunrise 05:04 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 19:41 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:04 to 18:03- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:59
- Yamaganda 11:33 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam 14:48 – 16:25
- Durmuhurta 16:19 – 17:11
- Rahu Kalam 16:25 – 18:03
- 07:10 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 13:54 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:03 to 05:03 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 03:35 – 04:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:28 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 03:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 03:02 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 03:02 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 07:10 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Variyan until 22:28
- Karana Taitila until 13:54, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:10 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 13:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:28 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 03:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 03:02 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:19 – 17:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:25 – 18:03
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:28 – 10:53 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:04 – 07:10
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:10 – 05:03 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. 03:35 – 04:19
- 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 18:03 – 20:15
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:04 – 06:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:41 – 08:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:18 – 09:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:56 – 11:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:33 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:10 – 14:48 | Good |
| Rog | 14:48 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:25 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:03 – 19:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:25 – 20:48 | Good |
| Char | 20:48 – 22:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:10 – 23:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:33 – 00:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:55 – 02:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:18 – 03:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:40 – 05:03 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
- 05:04 NowSun
- 06:08 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:53 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 18:03 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 19:53 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:33 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowSun
- 06:04 NowVenus
- 07:04 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:35 – 04:07 Pisces
- 04:07 – 05:47 Aries
- 05:47 – 07:46 Taurus
- 07:46 – 09:59 Gemini
- 09:59 – 12:15 Cancer
- 12:15 – 14:26 Leo
- 14:26 – 16:36 Virgo
- 16:36 – 18:50 Libra
- 18:50 – 21:06 Scorpio
- 21:06 – 23:11 Sagittarius
- 23:11 – 00:58 next day Capricorn
- 00:58 – 02:32 next day Aquarius
- 02:32 – 04:03 next day Pisces
- 04:03 – 05:03 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