Kolkata panchang, 16 October 2027
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 17:28 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:34 to 17:09- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:34 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta 05:34 – 06:20
- Durmuhurta 06:20 – 07:06
- Rahu Kalam 08:28 – 09:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:58 – 11:45
- Yamaganda 12:49 – 14:15
- 07:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:29 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
17:09 to 05:34 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 19:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:59 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 19:13
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 23:59 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Harshana until 14:29
- Karana Balava until 07:18, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:29 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 19:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 19:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:59 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:34 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:34 – 06:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:20 – 07:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:49 – 14:15
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:29 – 15:41
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. 03:55 – 04:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 10:58 – 11:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:09 – 19:38
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:34 – 07:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:01 – 08:28 | Good |
| Rog | 08:28 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:55 – 11:22 | Bad |
| Char | 11:22 – 12:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:49 – 14:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:15 – 15:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:42 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:09 – 18:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:43 – 20:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:16 – 21:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:49 – 23:22 | Good |
| Char | 23:22 – 00:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:55 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:28 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:01 – 05:34 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
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:24 NowMercury
- 11:22 NowMoon
- 12:20 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:13 NowSun
- 16:11 NowVenus
- 17:09 NowMercury
- 18:11 NowMoon
- 19:14 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:20 NowSun
- 23:22 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:30 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:34 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:34 NowMoon
- 12:34 NowSaturn
- 13:34 NowJupiter
- 14:34 NowMars
- 15:34 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:34 NowMars
- 22:34 NowSun
- 23:34 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMercury
- 01:34 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:34 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 05:44 Virgo
- 05:44 – 07:59 Libra
- 07:59 – 10:14 Scorpio
- 10:14 – 12:20 Sagittarius
- 12:20 – 14:06 Capricorn
- 14:06 – 15:40 Aquarius
- 15:40 – 17:11 Pisces
- 17:11 – 18:52 Aries
- 18:52 – 20:50 Taurus
- 20:50 – 23:03 Gemini
- 23:03 – 01:19 next day Cancer
- 01:19 – 03:30 next day Leo
- 03:30 – 05:34 next day Virgo
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