Kolkata panchang, 21 August 2027
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 20:13 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 18:02- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:16 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta 05:16 – 06:07
- Durmuhurta 06:07 – 06:58
- Rahu Kalam 08:28 – 10:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:05
- Yamaganda 13:15 – 14:51
- 07:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:39 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
18:02 to 05:16 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:54 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 20:05
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 09:39 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shula until 02:54 next day
- Karana Bava until 07:33, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:39 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 20:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:54 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:16 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:16 – 06:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:07 – 06:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:51
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:54 – 05:18 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 09:39 – 05:16 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 01:23 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 00:19 – 02:27 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 18:02 – 20:17
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:16 – 20:05
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:16 – 06:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:52 – 08:28 | Good |
| Rog | 08:28 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:03 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Char | 11:39 – 13:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:15 – 14:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:51 – 16:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:27 – 18:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:02 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:27 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:51 – 22:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:15 – 23:39 | Good |
| Char | 23:39 – 01:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:04 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:28 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:52 – 05:16 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
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:31 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:43 NowSaturn
- 13:47 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:55 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 18:02 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:55 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 21:47 NowMars
- 22:43 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:20 NowMars
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowJupiter
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:16 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:16 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 05:03 Cancer
- 05:03 – 07:14 Leo
- 07:14 – 09:25 Virgo
- 09:25 – 11:39 Libra
- 11:39 – 13:54 Scorpio
- 13:54 – 16:00 Sagittarius
- 16:00 – 17:47 Capricorn
- 17:47 – 19:20 Aquarius
- 19:20 – 20:51 Pisces
- 20:51 – 22:32 Aries
- 22:32 – 00:30 next day Taurus
- 00:30 – 02:44 next day Gemini
- 02:44 – 04:59 next day Cancer
- 04:59 – 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