Kolkata panchang, 27 January 2027
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 22:23 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 17:20- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:41 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta 11:27 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:11 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:49 – 13:12
- 16:07 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:20 to 06:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:20 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:19 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 23:56 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 03:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 03:54 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 23:56 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 18:19
- Karana Gara until 16:07, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 16:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:19 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 23:56 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 03:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:27 – 12:11
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:12
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 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:20 – 19:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:18 – 23:56
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 23:56 – 06:18 next day
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:54 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:18 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:41 – 09:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:03 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 11:49 | Good |
| Rog | 11:49 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:12 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Char | 14:34 – 15:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:57 – 17:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:20 – 18:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:57 – 20:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:34 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 23:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:49 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:26 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:03 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:40 – 06:18 next day | Bad |
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
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:49 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:34 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:13 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)
- 04:34 – 05:34 Sagittarius
- 05:34 – 07:21 Capricorn
- 07:21 – 08:54 Aquarius
- 08:54 – 10:25 Pisces
- 10:25 – 12:06 Aries
- 12:06 – 14:04 Taurus
- 14:04 – 16:17 Gemini
- 16:17 – 18:33 Cancer
- 18:33 – 20:44 Leo
- 20:44 – 22:55 Virgo
- 22:55 – 01:09 next day Libra
- 01:09 – 03:24 next day Scorpio
- 03:24 – 05:30 next day Sagittarius
- 05:30 – 06:18 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