Kolkata panchang, 4 May 2026
Sunrise 05:03 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 20:35 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:03 to 18:03- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:40 – 08:18
- Yamaganda 09:55 – 11:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam 13:11 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:27
- 09:58 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:12 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:03 to 05:02 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 03:34 – 04:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:19 Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 05:24 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 09:58 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 23:19
- Karana Vanija until 16:12, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:58 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:19 Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:27
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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:03 – 09:58
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:03 – 06:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:40 – 08:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:18 – 09:55 | Good |
| Rog | 09:55 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:33 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Char | 13:11 – 14:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:48 – 16:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:26 – 18:03 | Good |
| Char | 18:03 – 19:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:25 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:48 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:10 – 23:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:33 – 00:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:55 – 02:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:17 – 03:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:40 – 05:02 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
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:33 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 18:03 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:48 NowSaturn
- 21:43 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:33 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:07 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:03 NowJupiter
- 08:03 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:03 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 14:03 NowJupiter
- 15:03 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 17:03 NowVenus
- 18:03 NowMercury
- 19:03 NowMoon
- 20:03 NowSaturn
- 21:03 NowJupiter
- 22:03 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:03 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:35 – 04:03 Pisces
- 04:03 – 05:43 Aries
- 05:43 – 07:42 Taurus
- 07:42 – 09:55 Gemini
- 09:55 – 12:11 Cancer
- 12:11 – 14:22 Leo
- 14:22 – 16:32 Virgo
- 16:32 – 18:46 Libra
- 18:46 – 21:02 Scorpio
- 21:02 – 23:07 Sagittarius
- 23:07 – 00:54 next day Capricorn
- 00:54 – 02:28 next day Aquarius
- 02:28 – 03:59 next day Pisces
- 03:59 – 05:02 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