Kolkata panchang, 17 May 2027
Sunrise 04:56 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 15:24 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:56 to 18:09- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:35 – 08:14
- Yamaganda 09:54 – 11:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam 13:12 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:30
- 11:29 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 16:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:09 to 04:56 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:30 – 04:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:33 Moon enters Libra
- 01:10 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:13 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 16:28
- Nakshatra Hasta until 11:29 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 01:10 next day
- Karana Balava until 16:28, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 11:29 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 16:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:33 Moon enters Libra
- 01:10 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:13 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 08:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:30
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:10 – 23:55 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 11:29 – 04:56 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. 03:30 – 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 18:09 – 20:18
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:56 – 06:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:35 – 08:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:14 – 09:54 | Good |
| Rog | 09:54 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:33 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Char | 13:12 – 14:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:51 – 16:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:30 – 18:09 | Good |
| Char | 18:09 – 19:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:30 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:51 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:11 – 23:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:32 – 00:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:53 – 02:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:14 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:35 – 04:56 next day | Neutral |
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
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 06:02 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:27 NowVenus
- 11:33 NowMercury
- 12:39 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 20:51 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:32 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 05:56 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowJupiter
- 07:56 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 12:56 NowSaturn
- 13:56 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 15:56 NowSun
- 16:56 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 19:56 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 22:56 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 03:56 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:30 – 04:53 Aries
- 04:53 – 06:52 Taurus
- 06:52 – 09:05 Gemini
- 09:05 – 11:21 Cancer
- 11:21 – 13:32 Leo
- 13:32 – 15:42 Virgo
- 15:42 – 17:56 Libra
- 17:56 – 20:12 Scorpio
- 20:12 – 22:17 Sagittarius
- 22:17 – 00:04 next day Capricorn
- 00:04 – 01:38 next day Aquarius
- 01:38 – 03:09 next day Pisces
- 03:09 – 04:49 next day Aries
- 04:49 – 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