Kolkata panchang, 21 April 2027
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 18:32 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:12 to 17:58- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:48 – 08:24
- Gulika Kalam 09:59 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta 11:10 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 12:01 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:35 – 13:11
- 15:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:10 Yoga becomes Siddhi
Night
17:58 to 05:12 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 03:42 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:30 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 03:30 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 04:44 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 16:10
- Karana Balava until 15:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 15:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:10 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 03:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:30 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:48 – 08:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:10 – 12:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:11
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. 03:42 – 04:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:58 – 20:12
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:30 – 05:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:12 – 06:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:48 – 08:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:24 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:59 – 11:35 | Good |
| Rog | 11:35 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:22 – 17:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:58 – 19:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:22 – 20:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:46 – 22:10 | Good |
| Char | 22:10 – 23:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:35 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:59 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:23 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:47 – 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
- 05:12 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
- 05:12 NowMercury
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:12 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:42 – 04:55 Pisces
- 04:55 – 06:35 Aries
- 06:35 – 08:34 Taurus
- 08:34 – 10:47 Gemini
- 10:47 – 13:03 Cancer
- 13:03 – 15:14 Leo
- 15:14 – 17:24 Virgo
- 17:24 – 19:38 Libra
- 19:38 – 21:54 Scorpio
- 21:54 – 23:59 Sagittarius
- 23:59 – 01:46 next day Capricorn
- 01:46 – 03:20 next day Aquarius
- 03:20 – 04:51 next day Pisces
- 04:51 – 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