Kolkata panchang, 14 April 2027
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 11:32 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:18 to 17:55- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:53 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:02 – 11:37
- Durmuhurta 11:11 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 12:02 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:37 – 13:11
- 10:52 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 11:10 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 15:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 15:24 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:55 to 05:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:22 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 15:24
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 10:52 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 11:10
- Karana Bava until 15:24, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:52 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 11:10 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 15:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 15:24 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:22 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:02 – 11:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:11 – 12:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:37 – 13:11
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. 03:47 – 04:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:11 – 12:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:52 – 15:28
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:18 – 06:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:53 – 08:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:27 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:02 – 11:37 | Good |
| Rog | 11:37 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:20 – 17:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:55 – 19:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:20 – 20:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:46 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 23:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:36 – 01:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:02 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:27 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:52 – 05:17 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
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:34 NowSun
- 11:37 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 03:51 Aquarius
- 03:51 – 05:22 Pisces
- 05:22 – 07:03 Aries
- 07:03 – 09:01 Taurus
- 09:01 – 11:15 Gemini
- 11:15 – 13:30 Cancer
- 13:30 – 15:42 Leo
- 15:42 – 17:52 Virgo
- 17:52 – 20:06 Libra
- 20:06 – 22:22 Scorpio
- 22:22 – 00:27 next day Sagittarius
- 00:27 – 02:14 next day Capricorn
- 02:14 – 03:47 next day Aquarius
- 03:47 – 05:17 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