Kolkata panchang, 31 December 2027
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:01 Moonrise 08:36 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 17:01- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:37 – 08:58
- Durmuhurta 08:26 – 09:08
- Rahu Kalam 10:18 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 12:00 – 12:43
- Yamaganda 14:20 – 15:40
- 08:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 08:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:44 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 13:06 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:01 to 06:17 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:01 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:40 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 08:12
- Nakshatra Shravana until 13:06 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 09:44
- Karana Gara until 08:12, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 08:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:44 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 13:06 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 21:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:40 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 08:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:26 – 09:08
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:44 – 10:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:00 – 12:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:20 – 15:40
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:40 – 10:55 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. 04:30 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:17 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:01 – 19:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:17 – 13:06
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:06 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:17 – 07:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:37 – 08:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:58 – 10:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:18 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:39 – 12:59 | Good |
| Rog | 12:59 – 14:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:20 – 15:40 | Bad |
| Char | 15:40 – 17:01 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:01 – 18:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:41 – 20:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:20 – 21:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:59 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:39 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:18 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:58 – 04:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:37 – 06:17 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
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:33 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:33 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:16 Scorpio
- 05:16 – 07:21 Sagittarius
- 07:21 – 09:08 Capricorn
- 09:08 – 10:41 Aquarius
- 10:41 – 12:12 Pisces
- 12:12 – 13:53 Aries
- 13:53 – 15:51 Taurus
- 15:51 – 18:05 Gemini
- 18:05 – 20:20 Cancer
- 20:20 – 22:32 Leo
- 22:32 – 00:42 next day Virgo
- 00:42 – 02:56 next day Libra
- 02:56 – 05:12 next day Scorpio
- 05:12 – 06:17 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