Kolkata panchang, 18 April 2027
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 15:37 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:15 to 17:56- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 12:01
- Yamaganda 11:36 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:21
- Durmuhurta 16:15 – 17:06
- Rahu Kalam 16:21 – 17:56
- 06:06 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 07:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 07:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:52 Moon enters Virgo
Night
17:56 to 05:14 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 03:44 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:58 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 07:42
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 06:06 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 21:58
- Karana Balava until 07:42, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:06 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 07:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 07:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:52 Moon enters Virgo
- 18:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:58 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:36 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:15 – 17:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:21 – 17:56
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:58 – 01:34 next day
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. 03:44 – 04:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:10 – 12:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:06 – 05:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:15 – 06:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:50 – 08:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:25 – 10:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:00 – 11:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:36 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:11 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:21 – 17:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:56 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:21 – 20:46 | Good |
| Char | 20:46 – 22:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:11 – 23:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:35 – 01:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:00 – 02:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:25 – 03:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:49 – 05:14 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
- 05:15 NowSun
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:32 NowJupiter
- 11:36 NowMars
- 12:39 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:56 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:35 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowSun
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:44 – 05:07 Pisces
- 05:07 – 06:47 Aries
- 06:47 – 08:46 Taurus
- 08:46 – 10:59 Gemini
- 10:59 – 13:15 Cancer
- 13:15 – 15:26 Leo
- 15:26 – 17:36 Virgo
- 17:36 – 19:50 Libra
- 19:50 – 22:06 Scorpio
- 22:06 – 00:11 next day Sagittarius
- 00:11 – 01:58 next day Capricorn
- 01:58 – 03:32 next day Aquarius
- 03:32 – 05:03 next day Pisces
- 05:03 – 05:14 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