Kolkata panchang, 17 January 2027
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 11:57 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 17:13- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:08
- Yamaganda 11:46 – 13:08
- Gulika Kalam 14:29 – 15:51
- Durmuhurta 15:46 – 16:29
- Rahu Kalam 15:51 – 17:13
- 12:23 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 12:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 12:27 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:13 to 06:19 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:42 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 23:32 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:21 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 12:27
- Nakshatra Bharani until 22:42 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 12:23
- Karana Kaulava until 12:27, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:23 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 12:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 12:27 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:42 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 23:32 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:21 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:08
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:29 – 15:51
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 15:46 – 16:29
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:51 – 17:13
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 06:19 – 22:42
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 09:40 Muhurta Chintamani 1.34, commentary p. 30 08:40 – 10:40
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 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:13 – 19:50
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:19 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:19 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:41 – 09:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:03 – 10:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:24 – 11:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:46 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:08 – 14:29 | Good |
| Rog | 14:29 – 15:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:51 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:13 – 18:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:51 – 20:29 | Good |
| Char | 20:29 – 22:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:08 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:46 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:24 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:03 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:46 NowMars
- 12:41 NowSun
- 13:35 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowSun
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:13 Sagittarius
- 06:13 – 08:00 Capricorn
- 08:00 – 09:33 Aquarius
- 09:33 – 11:04 Pisces
- 11:04 – 12:45 Aries
- 12:45 – 14:43 Taurus
- 14:43 – 16:57 Gemini
- 16:57 – 19:12 Cancer
- 19:12 – 21:24 Leo
- 21:24 – 23:34 Virgo
- 23:34 – 01:48 next day Libra
- 01:48 – 04:04 next day Scorpio
- 04:04 – 06:09 next day Sagittarius
- 06:09 – 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