Kolkata panchang, 16 January 2027
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 11:15 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 17:12- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:19 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta 06:19 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta 07:03 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam 09:03 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:07
- Yamaganda 13:07 – 14:29
- 13:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 13:43 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:38 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
17:12 to 06:19 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:38 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 01:10 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 13:43
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 23:38 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 14:38
- Karana Bava until 13:43, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 13:43 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:38 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 23:38 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 01:10 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:19 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:19 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 07:03 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:24
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:29
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. 04:34 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:12 – 19:49
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:43 – 06:19 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 23:38 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:19 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:41 – 09:03 | Good |
| Rog | 09:03 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:24 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Char | 11:46 – 13:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:07 – 14:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:29 – 15:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:50 – 17:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:12 – 18:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:50 – 20:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:29 – 22:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:07 – 23:46 | Good |
| Char | 23:46 – 01:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:24 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:03 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:41 – 06:19 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 09:57 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 11:46 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:34 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:34 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:46 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMercury
- 01:57 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:17 Sagittarius
- 06:17 – 08:04 Capricorn
- 08:04 – 09:37 Aquarius
- 09:37 – 11:08 Pisces
- 11:08 – 12:49 Aries
- 12:49 – 14:47 Taurus
- 14:47 – 17:01 Gemini
- 17:01 – 19:16 Cancer
- 19:16 – 21:28 Leo
- 21:28 – 23:38 Virgo
- 23:38 – 01:52 next day Libra
- 01:52 – 04:08 next day Scorpio
- 04:08 – 06:13 next day Sagittarius
- 06:13 – 06:19 next day Capricorn
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