Kolkata panchang, 12 May 2027
Sunrise 04:59 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 10:30 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:59 to 18:07- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:37 – 08:16
- Gulika Kalam 09:54 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:33 – 13:11
- 12:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:04 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 14:56 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
18:07 to 04:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 03:31 – 04:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 23:13 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 23:13
- Nakshatra Pushya until 14:56 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 14:04
- Karana Gara until 12:17, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:04 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 14:56 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 23:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 23:13 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:37 – 08:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:06 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:11
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:13 – 10:13 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 13:48 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 12:49 – 14:46
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. 03:32 – 04:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:06 – 11:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:59 – 14:56
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:59 – 23:13
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:59 – 06:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:37 – 08:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:16 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:54 – 11:33 | Good |
| Rog | 11:33 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Char | 14:50 – 16:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:28 – 18:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:07 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:28 – 20:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:49 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 23:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:32 – 00:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:54 – 02:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:15 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:37 – 04:58 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
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 06:04 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:32 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:04 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:59 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 17:59 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 21:59 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:32 – 03:32 Pisces
- 03:32 – 05:13 Aries
- 05:13 – 07:11 Taurus
- 07:11 – 09:25 Gemini
- 09:25 – 11:40 Cancer
- 11:40 – 13:52 Leo
- 13:52 – 16:02 Virgo
- 16:02 – 18:16 Libra
- 18:16 – 20:32 Scorpio
- 20:32 – 22:37 Sagittarius
- 22:37 – 00:24 next day Capricorn
- 00:24 – 01:57 next day Aquarius
- 01:57 – 03:28 next day Pisces
- 03:28 – 04:58 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