Kolkata panchang, 16 May 2027
Sunrise 04:57 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 14:27 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Yamaganda 11:33 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam 14:50 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta 16:23 – 17:16
- Rahu Kalam 16:29 – 18:08
- 05:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:35 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 17:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 17:13 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:08 to 04:56 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:30 – 04:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:42 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 17:13
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 11:35 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vajra until 02:42 next day
- Karana Vanija until 05:43, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 05:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:35 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 17:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 17:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:42 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:23 – 17:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:29 – 18:08
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. 03:30 – 04:13
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:57 – 11:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:57 – 11:35
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 11:35 – 04:56 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:35 – 04:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 04:57 – 06:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:36 – 08:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:15 – 09:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:54 – 11:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:33 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:12 – 14:50 | Good |
| Rog | 14:50 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:29 – 18:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:08 – 19:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:29 – 20:50 | Good |
| Char | 20:50 – 22:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:11 – 23:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:32 – 00:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:53 – 02:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:14 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:35 – 04:56 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 NowSun
- 06:03 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:39 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:50 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 17:02 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:02 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:32 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowSun
- 05:57 NowVenus
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:57 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 21:57 NowMoon
- 22:57 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:30 – 04:57 Aries
- 04:57 – 06:56 Taurus
- 06:56 – 09:09 Gemini
- 09:09 – 11:25 Cancer
- 11:25 – 13:36 Leo
- 13:36 – 15:46 Virgo
- 15:46 – 18:00 Libra
- 18:00 – 20:16 Scorpio
- 20:16 – 22:21 Sagittarius
- 22:21 – 00:08 next day Capricorn
- 00:08 – 01:41 next day Aquarius
- 01:41 – 03:13 next day Pisces
- 03:13 – 04:53 next day Aries
- 04:53 – 04:56 next day Taurus
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