Kolkata panchang, 29 January 2027
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:21 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 17:21- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:40 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta 08:30 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam 10:26 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 12:56
- Yamaganda 14:35 – 15:58
- 16:13 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 16:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:21 to 06:17 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:21 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 04:58 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 04:58 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 04:58 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 01:54 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 16:13
- Karana Balava until 16:25, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 16:13 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 16:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 04:58 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 04:58 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:30 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 12:56
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:35 – 15:58
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:13 – 18:37
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 08:27 Muhurta Chintamani 1.34, commentary p. 30 07:23 – 09:32
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 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 17:21 – 19:56
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:17 – 07:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:40 – 09:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:03 – 10:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:26 – 11:49 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 11:49 – 13:12 | Good |
| Rog | 13:12 – 14:35 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 14:35 – 15:58 | Avoid |
| Char | 15:58 – 17:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:21 – 18:58 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:58 – 20:35 | Avoid |
| Labh | 20:35 – 22:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:12 – 23:49 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 23:49 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:26 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:03 – 04:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:40 – 06:17 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
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:12 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:26 Sagittarius
- 05:26 – 07:13 Capricorn
- 07:13 – 08:46 Aquarius
- 08:46 – 10:17 Pisces
- 10:17 – 11:58 Aries
- 11:58 – 13:56 Taurus
- 13:56 – 16:10 Gemini
- 16:10 – 18:25 Cancer
- 18:25 – 20:37 Leo
- 20:37 – 22:47 Virgo
- 22:47 – 01:01 next day Libra
- 01:01 – 03:17 next day Scorpio
- 03:17 – 05:22 next day Sagittarius
- 05:22 – 06:17 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