Kolkata panchang, 27 May 2026
Sunrise 04:53 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 14:54 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:53 to 18:13- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:33 – 08:13
- Gulika Kalam 09:53 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta 11:07 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 12:00 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:33 – 13:13
- 05:56 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 06:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 06:22 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:13 to 04:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:00 Moon enters Libra
- 19:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:25 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 06:22
- Nakshatra Hasta until 05:56 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyatipata until 03:25 next day
- Karana Vishti until 06:22, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 05:56 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 06:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 06:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:00 Moon enters Libra
- 19:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:25 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:10 – 03:25 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:33 – 08:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:53 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:07 – 12:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:13
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. 03:28 – 04:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:07 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:21
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:53 – 05:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:53 – 05:56
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:22 – 04:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:53 – 06:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:33 – 08:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:13 – 09:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:53 – 11:33 | Good |
| Rog | 11:33 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:13 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Char | 14:53 – 16:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:33 – 18:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:13 – 19:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:33 – 20:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:53 – 22:13 | Good |
| Char | 22:13 – 23:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:33 – 00:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:53 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:13 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:33 – 04:53 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
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 06:00 NowMoon
- 07:06 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:47 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:33 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:06 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 05:53 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 04:13 Aries
- 04:13 – 06:11 Taurus
- 06:11 – 08:25 Gemini
- 08:25 – 10:40 Cancer
- 10:40 – 12:52 Leo
- 12:52 – 15:02 Virgo
- 15:02 – 17:16 Libra
- 17:16 – 19:32 Scorpio
- 19:32 – 21:37 Sagittarius
- 21:37 – 23:24 Capricorn
- 23:24 – 00:57 next day Aquarius
- 00:57 – 02:28 next day Pisces
- 02:28 – 04:09 next day Aries
- 04:09 – 04:53 next day Taurus
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