Kolkata panchang, 9 April 2027
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 06:36 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:23 to 17:53- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:57 – 08:30
- Durmuhurta 07:53 – 08:43
- Rahu Kalam 10:04 – 11:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 12:03 – 12:53
- Yamaganda 14:46 – 16:19
- 14:23 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:11 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
17:53 to 05:22 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:56 Moon enters Taurus
- 00:59 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 01:32 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:32 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 01:32 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 17:11 · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 00:59 next day
- Karana Taitila until 14:23, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:23 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:11 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:56 Moon enters Taurus
- 00:59 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 01:32 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:32 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:57 – 08:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:53 – 08:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:03 – 12:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:19
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. 03:51 – 04:37
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:11 – 05:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:23 – 06:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:57 – 08:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:30 – 10:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:04 – 11:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:38 – 13:12 | Good |
| Rog | 13:12 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Char | 16:19 – 17:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:53 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:19 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:45 – 22:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:11 – 23:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:37 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:04 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:30 – 03:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:56 – 05:22 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
- 05:23 NowVenus
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowVenus
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 04:11 Aquarius
- 04:11 – 05:42 Pisces
- 05:42 – 07:23 Aries
- 07:23 – 09:21 Taurus
- 09:21 – 11:34 Gemini
- 11:34 – 13:50 Cancer
- 13:50 – 16:01 Leo
- 16:01 – 18:11 Virgo
- 18:11 – 20:26 Libra
- 20:26 – 22:41 Scorpio
- 22:41 – 00:47 next day Sagittarius
- 00:47 – 02:34 next day Capricorn
- 02:34 – 04:07 next day Aquarius
- 04:07 – 05:22 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