Kolkata panchang, 5 May 2027
Sunrise 05:02 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 03:48 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:02 to 18:03- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:40 – 08:18
- Gulika Kalam 09:55 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta 11:07 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:59 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:33 – 13:11
- 06:59 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 14:15 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
18:03 to 05:02 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 03:34 – 04:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:17 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 18:17 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 02:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 18:17
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 02:32 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 14:15
- Karana Vishti until 06:59, then Shakuni
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:59 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 14:15 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 18:17 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 18:17 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 02:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:31 – 03:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:07 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:11
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:02 – 02:32 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:32 – 05:02 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. 03:35 – 04:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:03 – 20:15
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:02 – 06:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:40 – 08:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:18 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:55 – 11:33 | Good |
| Rog | 11:33 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Char | 14:48 – 16:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:26 – 18:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:03 – 19:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:26 – 20:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:48 – 22:10 | Good |
| Char | 22:10 – 23:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:33 – 00:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:55 – 02:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:17 – 03:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:40 – 05:02 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
- 05:02 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:33 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:22 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:07 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowMercury
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 07:02 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 19:02 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 22:02 NowJupiter
- 23:02 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:35 – 04:00 Pisces
- 04:00 – 05:40 Aries
- 05:40 – 07:39 Taurus
- 07:39 – 09:52 Gemini
- 09:52 – 12:08 Cancer
- 12:08 – 14:19 Leo
- 14:19 – 16:29 Virgo
- 16:29 – 18:43 Libra
- 18:43 – 20:59 Scorpio
- 20:59 – 23:04 Sagittarius
- 23:04 – 00:51 next day Capricorn
- 00:51 – 02:25 next day Aquarius
- 02:25 – 03:56 next day Pisces
- 03:56 – 05:02 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