Kolkata panchang, 18 August 2027
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 18:39 Shravana month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:15 to 18:05- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:51 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:04 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:40 – 13:16
- 15:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 15:16 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:05 to 05:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:22 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 04:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 15:16
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 05:15 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 02:22 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 15:16, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 15:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 15:16 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:22 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 04:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:37 – 04:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:14 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:16
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. 03:46 – 04:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:05 – 20:19
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:16 – 05:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:15 – 06:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:51 – 08:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:27 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:04 – 11:40 | Good |
| Rog | 11:40 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:16 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Char | 14:52 – 16:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:29 – 18:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:05 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:29 – 20:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:52 – 22:16 | Good |
| Char | 22:16 – 23:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:40 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:04 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:28 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:51 – 05:15 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
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 05:15 Cancer
- 05:15 – 07:26 Leo
- 07:26 – 09:36 Virgo
- 09:36 – 11:51 Libra
- 11:51 – 14:06 Scorpio
- 14:06 – 16:12 Sagittarius
- 16:12 – 17:58 Capricorn
- 17:58 – 19:32 Aquarius
- 19:32 – 21:03 Pisces
- 21:03 – 22:44 Aries
- 22:44 – 00:42 next day Taurus
- 00:42 – 02:55 next day Gemini
- 02:55 – 05:11 next day Cancer
- 05:11 – 05:15 next day Leo
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