Kolkata panchang, 12 April 2027
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 09:21 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:20 to 17:54- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:54 – 08:29
- Yamaganda 10:03 – 11:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 12:02 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam 13:11 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:23
- 08:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:34 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 16:48 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
17:54 to 05:19 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 19:35 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 19:35
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 13:34 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 16:48
- Karana Kaulava until 08:38, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:34 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 16:48 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 19:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 19:35 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:54 – 08:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:03 – 11:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:02 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:23
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:48 – 19:12
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 05:20 – 13:34
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. 03:49 – 04:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:12 – 12:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:20 – 13:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:20 – 13:34
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:20 – 06:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:54 – 08:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:29 – 10:03 | Good |
| Rog | 10:03 – 11:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:37 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Char | 13:11 – 14:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:46 – 16:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:20 – 17:54 | Good |
| Char | 17:54 – 19:20 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:20 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:45 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:11 – 23:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:37 – 01:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:02 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:28 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:54 – 05:19 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:34 NowVenus
- 11:37 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:48 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 17:54 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:43 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:37 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:34 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:22 NowJupiter
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 03:59 Aquarius
- 03:59 – 05:30 Pisces
- 05:30 – 07:11 Aries
- 07:11 – 09:09 Taurus
- 09:09 – 11:23 Gemini
- 11:23 – 13:38 Cancer
- 13:38 – 15:50 Leo
- 15:50 – 18:00 Virgo
- 18:00 – 20:14 Libra
- 20:14 – 22:30 Scorpio
- 22:30 – 00:35 next day Sagittarius
- 00:35 – 02:22 next day Capricorn
- 02:22 – 03:55 next day Aquarius
- 03:55 – 05:19 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