Kolkata panchang, 8 May 2027
Sunrise 05:01 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 06:10 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:01 to 18:05- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:01 – 06:39
- Durmuhurta 05:01 – 05:53
- Durmuhurta 05:53 – 06:45
- Rahu Kalam 08:17 – 09:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:59
- Yamaganda 13:11 – 14:49
- 05:51 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 11:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 11:43 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:05 to 05:00 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:33 – 04:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:53 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 22:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:37 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 11:43
- Nakshatra Rohini until 21:53 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 05:51
- Karana Kaulava until 11:43, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:51 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 11:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 11:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:53 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 22:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:37 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:01 – 06:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:01 – 05:53
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:51 – 08:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:53 – 06:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 09:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:49
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. 03:33 – 04:17
- 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 18:05 – 20:16
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:01 – 21:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:01 – 21:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:53 – 05:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:01 – 06:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:39 – 08:17 | Good |
| Rog | 08:17 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:55 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Char | 11:33 – 13:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:11 – 14:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:49 – 16:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:27 – 18:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:05 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:27 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:49 – 22:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:11 – 23:32 | Good |
| Char | 23:32 – 00:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:54 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:16 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:38 – 05:00 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
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 06:06 NowJupiter
- 07:11 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:22 NowVenus
- 10:27 NowMercury
- 11:33 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:54 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 18:05 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:54 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:32 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMercury
- 01:22 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:11 NowJupiter
- 04:06 NowMars
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 06:01 NowJupiter
- 07:01 NowMars
- 08:01 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 13:01 NowJupiter
- 14:01 NowMars
- 15:01 NowSun
- 16:01 NowVenus
- 17:01 NowMercury
- 18:01 NowMoon
- 19:01 NowSaturn
- 20:01 NowJupiter
- 21:01 NowMars
- 22:01 NowSun
- 23:01 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 01:01 NowMoon
- 02:01 NowSaturn
- 03:01 NowJupiter
- 04:01 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:33 – 03:48 Pisces
- 03:48 – 05:29 Aries
- 05:29 – 07:27 Taurus
- 07:27 – 09:40 Gemini
- 09:40 – 11:56 Cancer
- 11:56 – 14:07 Leo
- 14:07 – 16:17 Virgo
- 16:17 – 18:32 Libra
- 18:32 – 20:47 Scorpio
- 20:47 – 22:53 Sagittarius
- 22:53 – 00:39 next day Capricorn
- 00:39 – 02:13 next day Aquarius
- 02:13 – 03:44 next day Pisces
- 03:44 – 05:00 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