Kolkata panchang, 6 January 2027
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 05:05 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 17:05- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:39 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam 10:21 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:20 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:03 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 13:03
- 09:56 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 13:32 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
17:05 to 06:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 23:14 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 06:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 23:14
- Nakshatra Mula until 06:08 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 13:32
- Karana Vishti until 09:56, then Shakuni
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:56 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 13:32 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 23:14 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 06:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:20 – 12:03
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:03
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. 04:33 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:05 – 19:44
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:18 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:39 – 09:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:00 – 10:21 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:21 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:03 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 13:03 – 14:23 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:23 – 15:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:44 – 17:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:05 – 18:44 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:44 – 20:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:23 – 22:03 | Good |
| Char | 22:03 – 23:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:42 – 01:21 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:21 – 03:00 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 03:00 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:39 – 06:19 next day | Avoid |
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 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:36 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 04:51 Scorpio
- 04:51 – 06:56 Sagittarius
- 06:56 – 08:43 Capricorn
- 08:43 – 10:17 Aquarius
- 10:17 – 11:48 Pisces
- 11:48 – 13:28 Aries
- 13:28 – 15:27 Taurus
- 15:27 – 17:40 Gemini
- 17:40 – 19:56 Cancer
- 19:56 – 22:07 Leo
- 22:07 – 00:17 next day Virgo
- 00:17 – 02:31 next day Libra
- 02:31 – 04:47 next day Scorpio
- 04:47 – 06:19 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