Kolkata panchang, 23 May 2027
Sunrise 04:54 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 20:58 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:54 to 18:12- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Yamaganda 11:33 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 14:52 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta 16:25 – 17:18
- Rahu Kalam 16:32 – 18:12
- 07:42 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:12 to 04:54 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:17 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 20:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:02 Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 20:42
- Nakshatra Mula until 19:17 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sadhya until 23:02
- Karana Vanija until 07:42, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:17 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 20:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:02 Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:25 – 17:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:32 – 18:12
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. 03:28 – 04:11
- 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 18:12 – 20:20
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:54 – 19:17
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:54 – 19:17
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 04:54 – 06:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:34 – 08:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:14 – 09:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:53 – 11:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:33 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:13 – 14:52 | Good |
| Rog | 14:52 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:32 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:12 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:32 – 20:52 | Good |
| Char | 20:52 – 22:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:12 – 23:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:33 – 00:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:53 – 02:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:13 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:34 – 04:54 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
- 04:54 NowSun
- 06:01 NowVenus
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:39 NowSun
- 13:46 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:59 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:12 NowJupiter
- 19:05 NowMars
- 19:59 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:46 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:33 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowSun
- 05:54 NowVenus
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 04:30 Aries
- 04:30 – 06:28 Taurus
- 06:28 – 08:41 Gemini
- 08:41 – 10:57 Cancer
- 10:57 – 13:08 Leo
- 13:08 – 15:18 Virgo
- 15:18 – 17:33 Libra
- 17:33 – 19:48 Scorpio
- 19:48 – 21:54 Sagittarius
- 21:54 – 23:41 Capricorn
- 23:41 – 01:14 next day Aquarius
- 01:14 – 02:45 next day Pisces
- 02:45 – 04:26 next day Aries
- 04:26 – 04:54 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