Kolkata panchang, 16 August 2027
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 17:34 Shravana month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:14 to 18:06- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:51 – 08:27
- Yamaganda 10:04 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 13:17 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta 14:40 – 15:32
- 10:29 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:29 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:06 to 05:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:34 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 23:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:40 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 10:29
- Nakshatra Shravana until 23:34 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 00:40 next day
- Karana Vanija until 10:29, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:29 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:29 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:34 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 23:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:40 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:40 – 15:32
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. 03:45 – 04:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:20
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:14 – 23:34
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:14 – 23:34
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:14 – 06:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:51 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:27 – 10:04 | Good |
| Rog | 10:04 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:40 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Char | 13:17 – 14:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:53 – 16:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:30 – 18:06 | Good |
| Char | 18:06 – 19:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:30 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:53 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:40 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:04 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:28 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:51 – 05:15 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
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 18:06 NowVenus
- 19:02 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 05:23 Cancer
- 05:23 – 07:34 Leo
- 07:34 – 09:44 Virgo
- 09:44 – 11:58 Libra
- 11:58 – 14:14 Scorpio
- 14:14 – 16:19 Sagittarius
- 16:19 – 18:06 Capricorn
- 18:06 – 19:40 Aquarius
- 19:40 – 21:11 Pisces
- 21:11 – 22:51 Aries
- 22:51 – 00:50 next day Taurus
- 00:50 – 03:03 next day Gemini
- 03:03 – 05:15 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