Kolkata panchang, 20 April 2027
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 17:33 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:13 to 17:57- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:46 – 08:37
- Yamaganda 08:24 – 10:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 12:01
- Gulika Kalam 11:35 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam 14:46 – 16:22
- 16:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:31 Moon enters Libra
- 17:47 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
17:57 to 05:12 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 03:42 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:57 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 03:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 03:57 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 04:28 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 17:47
- Karana Vishti until 16:21, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 16:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:31 Moon enters Libra
- 17:47 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 03:57 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 03:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:46 – 08:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 10:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:22
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:47 – 18:59
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. 03:43 – 04:28
- 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 17:57 – 20:12
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:13 – 06:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:49 – 08:24 | Bad |
| Char | 08:24 – 10:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:00 – 11:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:35 – 13:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:11 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:46 – 16:22 | Good |
| Rog | 16:22 – 17:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:57 – 19:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:22 – 20:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:46 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:10 – 23:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:35 – 00:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:59 – 02:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:24 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:48 – 05:12 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
- 05:13 NowMars
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:28 NowMoon
- 10:32 NowSaturn
- 11:35 NowJupiter
- 12:39 NowMars
- 13:43 NowSun
- 14:46 NowVenus
- 15:50 NowMercury
- 16:54 NowMoon
- 17:57 NowSaturn
- 18:53 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:46 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:39 NowMercury
- 23:35 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:13 NowMars
- 06:13 NowSun
- 07:13 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:13 NowMoon
- 10:13 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:13 NowMars
- 13:13 NowSun
- 14:13 NowVenus
- 15:13 NowMercury
- 16:13 NowMoon
- 17:13 NowSaturn
- 18:13 NowJupiter
- 19:13 NowMars
- 20:13 NowSun
- 21:13 NowVenus
- 22:13 NowMercury
- 23:13 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSaturn
- 01:13 NowJupiter
- 02:13 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:13 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:43 – 04:59 Pisces
- 04:59 – 06:39 Aries
- 06:39 – 08:38 Taurus
- 08:38 – 10:51 Gemini
- 10:51 – 13:07 Cancer
- 13:07 – 15:18 Leo
- 15:18 – 17:28 Virgo
- 17:28 – 19:42 Libra
- 19:42 – 21:58 Scorpio
- 21:58 – 00:03 next day Sagittarius
- 00:03 – 01:50 next day Capricorn
- 01:50 – 03:24 next day Aquarius
- 03:24 – 04:55 next day Pisces
- 04:55 – 05:12 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