Kolkata panchang, 16 April 2027
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 13:38 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 17:56- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:51 – 08:26
- Durmuhurta 07:48 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam 10:01 – 11:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 12:01 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 14:46 – 16:21
- 05:38 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 08:18 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 08:18 Moon enters Leo
- 11:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 11:22 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:56 to 05:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:58 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 11:22
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 08:18 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 05:38
- Karana Gara until 11:22, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:38 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 08:18 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 08:18 Moon enters Leo
- 11:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 11:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:58 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:38 – 08:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:48 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:01 – 11:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:01 – 12:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:21
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:24 – 09:28 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:17 – 08:18
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:18 – 05:16 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 19:26 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 18:27 – 20:25
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 – 04:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:11 – 12:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:17 – 05:16 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 11:22 – 05:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:17 – 06:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:51 – 08:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:26 – 10:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:01 – 11:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:36 – 13:11 | Good |
| Rog | 13:11 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Char | 16:21 – 17:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:56 – 19:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:21 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:46 – 22:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:11 – 23:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:36 – 01:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:01 – 02:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:26 – 03:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:51 – 05:16 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
- 05:17 NowVenus
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:49 NowSaturn
- 16:52 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:36 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowVenus
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 05:14 Pisces
- 05:14 – 06:55 Aries
- 06:55 – 08:53 Taurus
- 08:53 – 11:07 Gemini
- 11:07 – 13:22 Cancer
- 13:22 – 15:34 Leo
- 15:34 – 17:44 Virgo
- 17:44 – 19:58 Libra
- 19:58 – 22:14 Scorpio
- 22:14 – 00:19 next day Sagittarius
- 00:19 – 02:06 next day Capricorn
- 02:06 – 03:39 next day Aquarius
- 03:39 – 05:11 next day Pisces
- 05:11 – 05:16 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