Kolkata panchang, 4 January 2027
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:04 Moonrise 03:18 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 17:04- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:39 – 08:59
- Yamaganda 10:20 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 12:02 – 12:45
- Gulika Kalam 13:02 – 14:22
- Durmuhurta 14:12 – 14:55
- 12:03 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
17:04 to 06:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:04 – 19:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 18:16 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 18:16
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 00:15 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shula until 12:03
- Karana Taitila until 18:16, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:03 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 18:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 18:16 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:39 – 08:59
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:02 – 12:45
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:03 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:02 – 14:22
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:12 – 14:55
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmriti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kulluka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindaraja, as Kulluka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:32 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:02
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:04 – 19:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:18 – 00:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:18 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:39 – 08:59 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 08:59 – 10:20 | Good |
| Rog | 10:20 – 11:41 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 11:41 – 13:02 | Avoid |
| Char | 13:02 – 14:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:22 – 15:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:43 – 17:04 | Good |
| Char | 17:04 – 18:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:43 – 20:22 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 20:22 – 22:02 | Avoid |
| Labh | 22:02 – 23:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:41 – 01:20 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 01:20 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:00 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:39 – 06:18 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:06 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:47 NowVenus
- 11:41 NowMercury
- 12:35 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:22 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:10 NowSun
- 17:04 NowVenus
- 18:10 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:22 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:35 NowMars
- 23:41 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 04:06 NowSaturn
- 05:12 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 04:59 Scorpio
- 04:59 – 07:04 Sagittarius
- 07:04 – 08:51 Capricorn
- 08:51 – 10:24 Aquarius
- 10:24 – 11:55 Pisces
- 11:55 – 13:36 Aries
- 13:36 – 15:35 Taurus
- 15:35 – 17:48 Gemini
- 17:48 – 20:04 Cancer
- 20:04 – 22:15 Leo
- 22:15 – 00:25 next day Virgo
- 00:25 – 02:39 next day Libra
- 02:39 – 04:55 next day Scorpio
- 04:55 – 06:18 next day Sagittarius
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