Kolkata panchang, 23 April 2027
Sunrise 05:11 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 20:29 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:11 to 17:58- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:47 – 08:23
- Durmuhurta 07:44 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam 09:59 – 11:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:09 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 12:00 – 12:51
- Yamaganda 14:47 – 16:22
- 05:32 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 14:13 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:54 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:58 to 05:10 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 03:41 – 04:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:21 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 04:21 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 04:21 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 05:32 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 14:13
- Karana Vanija until 15:54, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:32 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 14:13 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:21 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 04:21 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:57 – 14:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:47 – 08:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:44 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:00 – 12:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:22
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. 03:41 – 04:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:09 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:13
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:11 – 06:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:47 – 08:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:23 – 09:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:59 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:35 – 13:11 | Good |
| Rog | 13:11 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:47 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Char | 16:22 – 17:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:58 – 19:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:22 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:46 – 22:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:10 – 23:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:34 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:58 – 02:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:22 – 03:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:46 – 05:10 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
- 05:11 NowVenus
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowVenus
- 06:11 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:41 – 04:47 Pisces
- 04:47 – 06:28 Aries
- 06:28 – 08:26 Taurus
- 08:26 – 10:39 Gemini
- 10:39 – 12:55 Cancer
- 12:55 – 15:06 Leo
- 15:06 – 17:16 Virgo
- 17:16 – 19:31 Libra
- 19:31 – 21:46 Scorpio
- 21:46 – 23:52 Sagittarius
- 23:52 – 01:38 next day Capricorn
- 01:38 – 03:12 next day Aquarius
- 03:12 – 04:43 next day Pisces
- 04:43 – 05:10 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