Kolkata panchang, 23 August 2027
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 21:29 Shravana month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:17 to 18:01- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:52 – 08:28
- Yamaganda 10:03 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam 13:14 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:28
- 08:54 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:11 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
18:01 to 05:17 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 20:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:18 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 20:53
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 12:11 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 01:18 next day
- Karana Gara until 08:54, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:54 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:11 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 20:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 20:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:18 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:03 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:28
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. 03:47 – 04:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:11 – 05:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:17 – 06:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:52 – 08:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:28 – 10:03 | Good |
| Rog | 10:03 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:39 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Char | 13:14 – 14:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:50 – 16:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:25 – 18:01 | Good |
| Char | 18:01 – 19:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:25 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:50 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:14 – 23:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:39 – 01:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:03 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:28 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:52 – 05:17 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
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:46 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 18:01 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:46 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:35 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:17 NowMercury
- 12:17 NowMoon
- 13:17 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:17 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:17 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 04:55 Cancer
- 04:55 – 07:07 Leo
- 07:07 – 09:17 Virgo
- 09:17 – 11:31 Libra
- 11:31 – 13:47 Scorpio
- 13:47 – 15:52 Sagittarius
- 15:52 – 17:39 Capricorn
- 17:39 – 19:12 Aquarius
- 19:12 – 20:43 Pisces
- 20:43 – 22:24 Aries
- 22:24 – 00:22 next day Taurus
- 00:22 – 02:36 next day Gemini
- 02:36 – 04:51 next day Cancer
- 04:51 – 05:17 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