Kolkata panchang, 7 April 2027
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 05:15 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:25 to 17:52- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:58 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam 10:05 – 11:38
- Durmuhurta 11:14 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:03 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:38 – 13:12
- 07:26 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 16:58 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:52 to 05:24 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:25 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 18:25 Moon enters Aries
- 04:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:29 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 04:29 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 18:25 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Indra until 07:26
- Karana Kimstughna until 16:58, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:26 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 16:58 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:25 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 18:25 Moon enters Aries
- 04:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:29 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:58 – 08:32
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:26 – 05:36 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:05 – 11:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:14 – 12:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:38 – 13:12
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:25 – 18:25
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:25 – 05:24 next day
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. 03:52 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:52 – 20:11
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:29 – 05:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:25 – 06:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:58 – 08:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:32 – 10:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:05 – 11:38 | Good |
| Rog | 11:38 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:12 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:19 – 17:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:52 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:19 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:12 | Good |
| Char | 22:12 – 23:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:38 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:04 – 02:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:31 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:57 – 05:24 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:25 NowMercury
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:34 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:41 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:38 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:33 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:25 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:25 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:19 Aquarius
- 04:19 – 05:50 Pisces
- 05:50 – 07:30 Aries
- 07:30 – 09:29 Taurus
- 09:29 – 11:42 Gemini
- 11:42 – 13:58 Cancer
- 13:58 – 16:09 Leo
- 16:09 – 18:19 Virgo
- 18:19 – 20:33 Libra
- 20:33 – 22:49 Scorpio
- 22:49 – 00:54 next day Sagittarius
- 00:54 – 02:41 next day Capricorn
- 02:41 – 04:15 next day Aquarius
- 04:15 – 05:24 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