Kolkata panchang, 15 April 2027
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 12:36 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:17 to 17:55- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:17 – 06:52
- Gulika Kalam 08:27 – 10:02
- Durmuhurta 09:30 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 12:02
- Rahu Kalam 13:11 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:24
- 08:23 Yoga becomes Shula
- 09:33 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 13:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 13:21 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:55 to 05:17 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:21 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 13:21
- Nakshatra Pushya until 09:33 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 08:23
- Karana Kaulava until 13:21, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:23 Yoga becomes Shula
- 09:33 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 13:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 13:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:21 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:17 – 06:52
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:23 – 10:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 10:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:30 – 10:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:24
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 05:17 – 09:33
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. 03:46 – 04:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 – 20:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:17 – 09:33
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:33 – 05:17 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:21 – 05:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:17 – 06:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:52 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:27 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Char | 10:02 – 11:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:36 – 13:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:11 – 14:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:46 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:21 – 17:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:55 – 19:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:20 – 20:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:46 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:11 – 23:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:36 – 01:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:01 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:26 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:51 – 05:17 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
- 05:17 NowJupiter
- 06:21 NowMars
- 07:24 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:30 NowMercury
- 10:33 NowMoon
- 11:36 NowSaturn
- 12:40 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:46 NowSun
- 15:49 NowVenus
- 16:52 NowMercury
- 17:55 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:46 NowMars
- 21:42 NowSun
- 22:39 NowVenus
- 23:36 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMoon
- 01:29 NowSaturn
- 02:26 NowJupiter
- 03:23 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
- 05:17 NowJupiter
- 06:17 NowMars
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:17 NowMercury
- 10:17 NowMoon
- 11:17 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:17 NowJupiter
- 20:17 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMoon
- 01:17 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:17 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 03:47 Aquarius
- 03:47 – 05:18 Pisces
- 05:18 – 06:59 Aries
- 06:59 – 08:57 Taurus
- 08:57 – 11:11 Gemini
- 11:11 – 13:26 Cancer
- 13:26 – 15:38 Leo
- 15:38 – 17:48 Virgo
- 17:48 – 20:02 Libra
- 20:02 – 22:18 Scorpio
- 22:18 – 00:23 next day Sagittarius
- 00:23 – 02:10 next day Capricorn
- 02:10 – 03:43 next day Aquarius
- 03:43 – 05:14 next day Pisces
- 05:14 – 05:17 next day Aries
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