Kolkata panchang, 24 February 2027
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 21:05 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 17:36- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:29 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam 10:23 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta 11:26 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:49 – 13:16
- 09:09 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:39 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
17:36 to 06:02 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:30 Moon enters Libra
- 00:27 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 20:40
- Nakshatra Hasta until 09:39 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 00:27 next day
- Karana Bava until 09:09, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:09 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:39 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 20:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:30 Moon enters Libra
- 00:27 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:26 – 04:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:26 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:16
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:23 – 05:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:03 – 09:39
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:03 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:29 – 08:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:56 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:23 – 11:49 | Good |
| Rog | 11:49 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:16 – 14:43 | Bad |
| Char | 14:43 – 16:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:09 – 17:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:36 – 19:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:09 – 20:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:43 – 22:16 | Good |
| Char | 22:16 – 23:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:49 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:22 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:56 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:29 – 06:02 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. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:49 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:43 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:43 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:30 Capricorn
- 05:30 – 07:04 Aquarius
- 07:04 – 08:35 Pisces
- 08:35 – 10:16 Aries
- 10:16 – 12:14 Taurus
- 12:14 – 14:27 Gemini
- 14:27 – 16:43 Cancer
- 16:43 – 18:54 Leo
- 18:54 – 21:04 Virgo
- 21:04 – 23:19 Libra
- 23:19 – 01:34 next day Scorpio
- 01:34 – 03:40 next day Sagittarius
- 03:40 – 05:26 next day Capricorn
- 05:26 – 06:02 next day Aquarius
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