Kolkata panchang, 1 May 2027
Sunrise 05:05 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 01:34 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:05 to 18:02- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:05 – 06:42
- Durmuhurta 05:05 – 05:57
- Durmuhurta 05:57 – 06:49
- Rahu Kalam 08:19 – 09:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:59
- Yamaganda 13:10 – 14:48
- 06:08 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:02 to 05:04 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 03:36 – 04:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:43 Yoga becomes Indra
- 18:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 18:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 18:54
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 01:16 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 18:43
- Karana Vanija until 06:08, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:43 Yoga becomes Indra
- 18:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 18:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:05 – 06:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:05 – 05:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:57 – 06:49
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:08 – 18:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:19 – 09:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:48
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. 03:37 – 04:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:07 – 11:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:14
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:05 – 06:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:42 – 08:19 | Good |
| Rog | 08:19 – 09:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:56 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Char | 11:33 – 13:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:10 – 14:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:48 – 16:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:25 – 18:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:02 – 19:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:25 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:47 – 22:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:10 – 23:33 | Good |
| Char | 23:33 – 00:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:56 – 02:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:19 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:42 – 05:04 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
- 05:05 NowSaturn
- 06:10 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:29 NowMercury
- 11:33 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:48 NowMars
- 15:52 NowSun
- 16:57 NowVenus
- 18:02 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 19:52 NowSaturn
- 20:47 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:33 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:23 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:09 NowMars
- 05:05 NowSaturn
- 06:05 NowJupiter
- 07:05 NowMars
- 08:05 NowSun
- 09:05 NowVenus
- 10:05 NowMercury
- 11:05 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 13:05 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:05 NowSun
- 16:05 NowVenus
- 17:05 NowMercury
- 18:05 NowMoon
- 19:05 NowSaturn
- 20:05 NowJupiter
- 21:05 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:05 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:05 NowSaturn
- 03:05 NowJupiter
- 04:05 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:37 – 04:15 Pisces
- 04:15 – 05:56 Aries
- 05:56 – 07:55 Taurus
- 07:55 – 10:08 Gemini
- 10:08 – 12:24 Cancer
- 12:24 – 14:35 Leo
- 14:35 – 16:45 Virgo
- 16:45 – 18:59 Libra
- 18:59 – 21:15 Scorpio
- 21:15 – 23:20 Sagittarius
- 23:20 – 01:07 next day Capricorn
- 01:07 – 02:40 next day Aquarius
- 02:40 – 04:12 next day Pisces
- 04:12 – 05:04 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