Kolkata panchang, 8 April 2027
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 05:53 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:24 to 17:53- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:24 – 06:57
- Gulika Kalam 08:31 – 10:05
- Durmuhurta 09:33 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:03
- Rahu Kalam 13:12 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:23
- 05:36 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 15:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:53 to 05:23 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:59 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 03:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 03:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:25 next day Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 03:10 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 17:59 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 05:36
- Karana Balava until 15:52, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 05:36 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 15:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:59 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 03:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 03:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:25 next day Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:24 – 06:57
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:36 – 06:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 10:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:33 – 10:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:23
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:24 – 17:59
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:24 – 06:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:57 – 08:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:31 – 10:05 | Bad |
| Char | 10:05 – 11:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:38 – 13:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:12 – 14:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:45 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:19 – 17:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:53 – 19:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:19 – 20:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:45 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:11 – 23:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:38 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:04 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:57 – 05:23 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
- 05:24 NowJupiter
- 06:26 NowMars
- 07:29 NowSun
- 08:31 NowVenus
- 09:33 NowMercury
- 10:36 NowMoon
- 11:38 NowSaturn
- 12:41 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:48 NowVenus
- 16:50 NowMercury
- 17:53 NowMoon
- 18:50 NowSaturn
- 19:48 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:40 NowVenus
- 23:38 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMoon
- 01:33 NowSaturn
- 02:30 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:25 NowSun
- 05:24 NowJupiter
- 06:24 NowMars
- 07:24 NowSun
- 08:24 NowVenus
- 09:24 NowMercury
- 10:24 NowMoon
- 11:24 NowSaturn
- 12:24 NowJupiter
- 13:24 NowMars
- 14:24 NowSun
- 15:24 NowVenus
- 16:24 NowMercury
- 17:24 NowMoon
- 18:24 NowSaturn
- 19:24 NowJupiter
- 20:24 NowMars
- 21:24 NowSun
- 22:24 NowVenus
- 23:24 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:24 NowJupiter
- 03:24 NowMars
- 04:24 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:15 Aquarius
- 04:15 – 05:46 Pisces
- 05:46 – 07:27 Aries
- 07:27 – 09:25 Taurus
- 09:25 – 11:38 Gemini
- 11:38 – 13:54 Cancer
- 13:54 – 16:05 Leo
- 16:05 – 18:15 Virgo
- 18:15 – 20:30 Libra
- 20:30 – 22:45 Scorpio
- 22:45 – 00:51 next day Sagittarius
- 00:51 – 02:37 next day Capricorn
- 02:37 – 04:11 next day Aquarius
- 04:11 – 05:23 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