Kolkata panchang, 20 May 2027
Sunrise 04:55 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 18:18 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:55 to 18:10- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:55 – 06:35
- Gulika Kalam 08:14 – 09:53
- Durmuhurta 09:20 – 10:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam 13:12 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:31
- 07:03 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:21 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 16:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 16:29 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:10 to 04:55 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:26 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 16:29
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 13:21 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 22:26
- Karana Bava until 16:29, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:03 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:21 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 16:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 16:29 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:26 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 23:00 – 10:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:55 – 06:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:20 – 10:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:31
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. 03:29 – 04:12
- 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 18:10 – 20:19
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:55 – 16:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:21 – 04:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:55 – 06:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:35 – 08:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:14 – 09:53 | Bad |
| Char | 09:53 – 11:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:33 – 13:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:12 – 14:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:51 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:31 – 18:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:10 – 19:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:31 – 20:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:51 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:12 – 23:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:33 – 00:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:53 – 02:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:14 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:34 – 04:55 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
- 04:55 NowJupiter
- 06:01 NowMars
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:14 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:26 NowMoon
- 11:33 NowSaturn
- 12:39 NowJupiter
- 13:45 NowMars
- 14:51 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 17:04 NowMercury
- 18:10 NowMoon
- 19:04 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 21:45 NowSun
- 22:39 NowVenus
- 23:33 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:14 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 04:01 NowSun
- 04:55 NowJupiter
- 05:55 NowMars
- 06:55 NowSun
- 07:55 NowVenus
- 08:55 NowMercury
- 09:55 NowMoon
- 10:55 NowSaturn
- 11:55 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:55 NowSun
- 14:55 NowVenus
- 15:55 NowMercury
- 16:55 NowMoon
- 17:55 NowSaturn
- 18:55 NowJupiter
- 19:55 NowMars
- 20:55 NowSun
- 21:55 NowVenus
- 22:55 NowMercury
- 23:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSaturn
- 01:55 NowJupiter
- 02:55 NowMars
- 03:55 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 04:41 Aries
- 04:41 – 06:40 Taurus
- 06:40 – 08:53 Gemini
- 08:53 – 11:09 Cancer
- 11:09 – 13:20 Leo
- 13:20 – 15:30 Virgo
- 15:30 – 17:44 Libra
- 17:44 – 20:00 Scorpio
- 20:00 – 22:05 Sagittarius
- 22:05 – 23:52 Capricorn
- 23:52 – 01:26 next day Aquarius
- 01:26 – 02:57 next day Pisces
- 02:57 – 04:37 next day Aries
- 04:37 – 04:55 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