Kolkata panchang, 4 April 2027
Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 03:36 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:27 to 17:51- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:04
- Yamaganda 11:39 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam 14:45 – 16:18
- Durmuhurta 16:12 – 17:02
- Rahu Kalam 16:18 – 17:51
- 10:14 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 16:33 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 17:00 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:51 to 05:26 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 05:23 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 05:23 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 16:33 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shubha until 10:14
- Karana Gara until 17:00, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:14 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 16:33 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 17:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 05:23 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:12 – 17:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:18 – 17:51
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:23 – 11:32 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:32 – 17:37 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 10:40 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 09:35 – 11:45
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. 03:55 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:51 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:27 – 07:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:00 – 08:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:33 – 10:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:06 – 11:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:39 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:12 – 14:45 | Good |
| Rog | 14:45 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:18 – 17:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:51 – 19:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:18 – 20:45 | Good |
| Char | 20:45 – 22:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:12 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:39 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:06 – 02:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:33 – 04:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:00 – 05:26 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:27 NowSun
- 06:29 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:37 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:41 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:47 NowMoon
- 16:49 NowSaturn
- 17:51 NowJupiter
- 18:49 NowMars
- 19:47 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:41 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:37 NowJupiter
- 01:35 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowSun
- 06:27 NowVenus
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:27 NowMars
- 12:27 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:27 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 04:31 Aquarius
- 04:31 – 06:02 Pisces
- 06:02 – 07:42 Aries
- 07:42 – 09:41 Taurus
- 09:41 – 11:54 Gemini
- 11:54 – 14:10 Cancer
- 14:10 – 16:21 Leo
- 16:21 – 18:31 Virgo
- 18:31 – 20:45 Libra
- 20:45 – 23:01 Scorpio
- 23:01 – 01:06 next day Sagittarius
- 01:06 – 02:53 next day Capricorn
- 02:53 – 04:27 next day Aquarius
- 04:27 – 05:26 next day Pisces
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