Kolkata panchang, 15 May 2027
Sunrise 04:57 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 13:30 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:57 to 18:08- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:57 – 06:36
- Durmuhurta 04:57 – 05:50
- Durmuhurta 05:50 – 06:43
- Rahu Kalam 08:15 – 09:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Yamaganda 13:11 – 14:50
- 06:33 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 06:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:52 Moon enters Virgo
Night
18:08 to 04:57 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:30 – 04:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 18:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:31 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 18:18
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 12:00 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyaghata until 06:33
- Karana Taitila until 06:56, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:33 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 06:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:52 Moon enters Virgo
- 18:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 18:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:31 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:57 – 06:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:57 – 05:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:50 – 06:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:50
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:31 – 05:43 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:00 – 04:57 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. 03:31 – 04:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:08 – 20:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:57 – 04:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:57 – 06:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:36 – 08:15 | Good |
| Rog | 08:15 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:54 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Char | 11:33 – 13:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:11 – 14:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:50 – 16:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:29 – 18:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:08 – 19:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:29 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:50 – 22:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:11 – 23:32 | Good |
| Char | 23:32 – 00:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:53 – 02:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:15 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:36 – 04:57 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
- 04:57 NowSaturn
- 06:03 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:21 NowVenus
- 10:27 NowMercury
- 11:33 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:44 NowJupiter
- 14:50 NowMars
- 15:56 NowSun
- 17:02 NowVenus
- 18:08 NowMercury
- 19:02 NowMoon
- 19:56 NowSaturn
- 20:50 NowJupiter
- 21:44 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:32 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMercury
- 01:20 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:09 NowJupiter
- 04:03 NowMars
- 04:57 NowSaturn
- 05:57 NowJupiter
- 06:57 NowMars
- 07:57 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:57 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 12:57 NowJupiter
- 13:57 NowMars
- 14:57 NowSun
- 15:57 NowVenus
- 16:57 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 19:57 NowJupiter
- 20:57 NowMars
- 21:57 NowSun
- 22:57 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:57 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:57 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:31 – 05:01 Aries
- 05:01 – 06:59 Taurus
- 06:59 – 09:13 Gemini
- 09:13 – 11:28 Cancer
- 11:28 – 13:40 Leo
- 13:40 – 15:50 Virgo
- 15:50 – 18:04 Libra
- 18:04 – 20:20 Scorpio
- 20:20 – 22:25 Sagittarius
- 22:25 – 00:12 next day Capricorn
- 00:12 – 01:45 next day Aquarius
- 01:45 – 03:16 next day Pisces
- 03:16 – 04:57 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