Kolkata panchang, 20 October 2027
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 20:54 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:35 to 17:06- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:02 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam 09:54 – 11:21
- Durmuhurta 10:58 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:58 – 11:44 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:21 – 12:47
- 07:05 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 10:54 Moon enters Gemini
- 15:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 15:18 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:06 to 05:36 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:36
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:30 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 02:32 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:42 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 15:18
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 22:30 · lord Mars
- Yoga Variyan until 07:05
- Karana Taitila until 15:18, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:05 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 10:54 Moon enters Gemini
- 15:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 15:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:30 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 02:32 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:42 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:02 – 08:28
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:05 – 17:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:58 – 11:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:21 – 12:47
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. 03:56 – 04:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 10:58 – 11:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:35 – 22:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:30 – 05:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:35 – 07:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:02 – 08:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:28 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:54 – 11:21 | Good |
| Rog | 11:21 – 12:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:47 – 14:13 | Bad |
| Char | 14:13 – 15:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:40 – 17:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:06 – 18:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:40 – 20:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:14 – 21:47 | Good |
| Char | 21:47 – 23:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:21 – 00:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:55 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:28 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:02 – 05:36 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
- 05:35 NowMercury
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:11 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:11 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowMercury
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 05:29 Virgo
- 05:29 – 07:43 Libra
- 07:43 – 09:59 Scorpio
- 09:59 – 12:04 Sagittarius
- 12:04 – 13:51 Capricorn
- 13:51 – 15:24 Aquarius
- 15:24 – 16:55 Pisces
- 16:55 – 18:36 Aries
- 18:36 – 20:34 Taurus
- 20:34 – 22:48 Gemini
- 22:48 – 01:03 next day Cancer
- 01:03 – 03:15 next day Leo
- 03:15 – 05:25 next day Virgo
- 05:25 – 05:36 next day Libra
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