Kolkata panchang, 24 April 2027
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 21:25 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:10 to 17:59- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:10 – 06:46
- Durmuhurta 05:10 – 06:01
- Durmuhurta 06:01 – 06:53
- Rahu Kalam 08:22 – 09:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:09 – 12:00
- Yamaganda 13:11 – 14:47
- 06:57 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 13:58 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 16:57 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:59 to 05:09 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 03:40 – 04:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 05:42 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 06:57 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 13:58
- Karana Bava until 16:57, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:57 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 13:58 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 16:57 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:10 – 06:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:10 – 06:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:01 – 06:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 09:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:47
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:58 – 02:04 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. 03:41 – 04:25
- 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 17:59 – 20:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:10 – 05:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:10 – 06:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:46 – 08:22 | Good |
| Rog | 08:22 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:58 – 11:34 | Bad |
| Char | 11:34 – 13:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:11 – 14:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:47 – 16:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:23 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:59 – 19:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:23 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:46 – 22:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:10 – 23:34 | Good |
| Char | 23:34 – 00:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:58 – 02:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:22 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:46 – 05:09 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
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:22 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:30 NowMercury
- 11:34 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:47 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 16:55 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 18:55 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:42 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:34 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:22 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:13 NowMars
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:10 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:10 NowSun
- 09:10 NowVenus
- 10:10 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:10 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:10 NowSun
- 16:10 NowVenus
- 17:10 NowMercury
- 18:10 NowMoon
- 19:10 NowSaturn
- 20:10 NowJupiter
- 21:10 NowMars
- 22:10 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 01:10 NowMoon
- 02:10 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:10 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:41 – 04:43 Pisces
- 04:43 – 06:24 Aries
- 06:24 – 08:22 Taurus
- 08:22 – 10:35 Gemini
- 10:35 – 12:51 Cancer
- 12:51 – 15:02 Leo
- 15:02 – 17:12 Virgo
- 17:12 – 19:27 Libra
- 19:27 – 21:42 Scorpio
- 21:42 – 23:48 Sagittarius
- 23:48 – 01:35 next day Capricorn
- 01:35 – 03:08 next day Aquarius
- 03:08 – 04:39 next day Pisces
- 04:39 – 05:09 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