Kolkata panchang, 17 April 2027
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 14:38 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:16 to 17:56- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:16 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta 05:16 – 06:06
- Durmuhurta 06:06 – 06:57
- Rahu Kalam 08:26 – 10:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 12:01
- Yamaganda 13:11 – 14:46
- 07:08 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 09:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 09:28 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:56 to 05:15 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 03:44 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:24 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 09:28
- Nakshatra Magha until 07:08 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 00:24 next day
- Karana Vishti until 09:28, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:08 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 09:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 09:28 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:24 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:24 – 09:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:16 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:16 – 06:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:06 – 06:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 10:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:46
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. 03:45 – 04:30
- 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 05:16 – 07:08
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:16 – 06:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:51 – 08:26 | Good |
| Rog | 08:26 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:01 – 11:36 | Bad |
| Char | 11:36 – 13:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:11 – 14:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:46 – 16:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:21 – 17:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:56 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:21 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:46 – 22:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:11 – 23:35 | Good |
| Char | 23:35 – 01:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:00 – 02:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:25 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:50 – 05:15 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
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:22 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:33 NowMercury
- 11:36 NowMoon
- 12:39 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:49 NowSun
- 16:53 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 18:53 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:42 NowMars
- 22:39 NowSun
- 23:35 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:22 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowJupiter
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:16 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:16 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 05:11 Pisces
- 05:11 – 06:51 Aries
- 06:51 – 08:50 Taurus
- 08:50 – 11:03 Gemini
- 11:03 – 13:19 Cancer
- 13:19 – 15:30 Leo
- 15:30 – 17:40 Virgo
- 17:40 – 19:54 Libra
- 19:54 – 22:10 Scorpio
- 22:10 – 00:15 next day Sagittarius
- 00:15 – 02:02 next day Capricorn
- 02:02 – 03:35 next day Aquarius
- 03:35 – 05:07 next day Pisces
- 05:07 – 05:15 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