Kolkata panchang, 18 January 2027
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 12:46 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:41 – 09:03
- Yamaganda 10:25 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam 13:08 – 14:30
- Durmuhurta 14:19 – 15:03
- 09:33 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 10:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 10:27 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:13 to 06:19 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 21:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:13 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 10:27
- Nakshatra Krittika until 21:05 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 09:33
- Karana Gara until 10:27, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:33 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 10:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 10:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 21:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:13 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:03
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:08 – 14:30
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:19 – 15:03
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. 04:34 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:13 – 19:51
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:19 – 21:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:05 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:19 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:41 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:03 – 10:25 | Good |
| Rog | 10:25 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:46 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Char | 13:08 – 14:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:30 – 15:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:52 – 17:13 | Good |
| Char | 17:13 – 18:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:52 – 20:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:30 – 22:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:08 – 23:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:46 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:25 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:03 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:41 – 06:19 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
- 06:19 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:46 NowMercury
- 12:41 NowMoon
- 13:35 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:24 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:35 NowJupiter
- 22:41 NowMars
- 23:46 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowJupiter
- 06:19 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:19 NowMars
- 10:19 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:19 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:09 Sagittarius
- 06:09 – 07:56 Capricorn
- 07:56 – 09:29 Aquarius
- 09:29 – 11:00 Pisces
- 11:00 – 12:41 Aries
- 12:41 – 14:39 Taurus
- 14:39 – 16:53 Gemini
- 16:53 – 19:08 Cancer
- 19:08 – 21:20 Leo
- 21:20 – 23:30 Virgo
- 23:30 – 01:44 next day Libra
- 01:44 – 04:00 next day Scorpio
- 04:00 – 06:05 next day Sagittarius
- 06:05 – 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