Kolkata panchang, 21 July 2027
Sunrise 05:04 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 20:05 Ashadha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:04 to 18:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:43 – 08:23
- Gulika Kalam 10:03 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:16 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:09 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 13:22
- 07:04 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:35 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:21 to 05:04 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 03:38 – 04:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:34 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 20:34 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 04:47 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 04:47 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 04:47 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 20:34 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ayushman until 18:34
- Karana Vanija until 15:35, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:04 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:34 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 20:34 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 04:47 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 04:47 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:43 – 08:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:03 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:16 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:22
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:35 – 04:47 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:04 – 20:34
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. 03:38 – 04:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:16 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:04 – 06:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:43 – 08:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:23 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:03 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Char | 15:02 – 16:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:41 – 18:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:21 – 19:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:41 – 21:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:02 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 23:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:43 – 01:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:03 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:23 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:44 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
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
- 05:04 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
- 05:04 NowMercury
- 06:04 NowMoon
- 07:04 NowSaturn
- 08:04 NowJupiter
- 09:04 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 14:04 NowSaturn
- 15:04 NowJupiter
- 16:04 NowMars
- 17:04 NowSun
- 18:04 NowVenus
- 19:04 NowMercury
- 20:04 NowMoon
- 21:04 NowSaturn
- 22:04 NowJupiter
- 23:04 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 03:04 NowMoon
- 04:04 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:38 – 04:49 Gemini
- 04:49 – 07:05 Cancer
- 07:05 – 09:16 Leo
- 09:16 – 11:26 Virgo
- 11:26 – 13:41 Libra
- 13:41 – 15:56 Scorpio
- 15:56 – 18:02 Sagittarius
- 18:02 – 19:49 Capricorn
- 19:49 – 21:22 Aquarius
- 21:22 – 22:53 Pisces
- 22:53 – 00:34 next day Aries
- 00:34 – 02:32 next day Taurus
- 02:32 – 04:45 next day Gemini
- 04:45 – 05:04 next day Cancer
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