Kolkata panchang, 29 December 2027
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:00 Moonrise 07:20 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 17:00- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:36 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam 10:17 – 11:38
- Durmuhurta 11:16 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 11:59 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:38 – 12:58
- 07:25 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 08:18 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 14:03 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:00 to 06:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:00 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 05:40 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 05:40 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 07:25 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 08:18
- Karana Balava until 16:31, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:25 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 08:18 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 14:03 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 05:40 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 08:57
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:18 – 11:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:16 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:38 – 12:58
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. 04:30 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:16 – 11:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:00 – 19:39
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:16 – 05:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:16 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:36 – 08:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:57 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:17 – 11:38 | Good |
| Rog | 11:38 – 12:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:58 – 14:19 | Bad |
| Char | 14:19 – 15:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:39 – 17:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:00 – 18:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:39 – 20:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:19 – 21:58 | Good |
| Char | 21:58 – 23:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:38 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:18 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:57 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:37 – 06:16 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
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:32 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:06 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:06 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:38 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 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
- 05:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:23 Scorpio
- 05:23 – 07:29 Sagittarius
- 07:29 – 09:16 Capricorn
- 09:16 – 10:49 Aquarius
- 10:49 – 12:20 Pisces
- 12:20 – 14:01 Aries
- 14:01 – 15:59 Taurus
- 15:59 – 18:12 Gemini
- 18:12 – 20:28 Cancer
- 20:28 – 22:39 Leo
- 22:39 – 00:50 next day Virgo
- 00:50 – 03:04 next day Libra
- 03:04 – 05:19 next day Scorpio
- 05:19 – 06:16 next day Sagittarius
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