Kolkata panchang, 20 August 2027
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 19:41 Shravana month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:16 to 18:03- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:52 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta 07:49 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam 10:03 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 12:05 – 12:56
- Yamaganda 14:51 – 16:27
- 06:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 07:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
18:03 to 05:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:04 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 18:53
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 07:39 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 03:04 next day
- Karana Vanija until 06:08, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 07:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:04 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:08 – 18:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:49 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:03 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:27
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:04 – 05:04 next day
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 – 04:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:18
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:16 – 06:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:52 – 08:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:28 – 10:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:03 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:39 – 13:15 | Good |
| Rog | 13:15 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:51 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Char | 16:27 – 18:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:03 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:27 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:51 – 22:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:15 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:40 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:04 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:28 – 03:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:52 – 05:16 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
- 05:16 NowVenus
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:47 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 18:03 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:47 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 05:07 Cancer
- 05:07 – 07:18 Leo
- 07:18 – 09:29 Virgo
- 09:29 – 11:43 Libra
- 11:43 – 13:58 Scorpio
- 13:58 – 16:04 Sagittarius
- 16:04 – 17:51 Capricorn
- 17:51 – 19:24 Aquarius
- 19:24 – 20:55 Pisces
- 20:55 – 22:36 Aries
- 22:36 – 00:34 next day Taurus
- 00:34 – 02:47 next day Gemini
- 02:47 – 05:03 next day Cancer
- 05:03 – 05:16 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