Kolkata panchang, 16 February 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 05:19 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 17:32- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:34 – 08:59
- Yamaganda 10:25 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam 13:16 – 14:41
- Durmuhurta 14:30 – 15:15
Night
17:32 to 06:08 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:34 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 17:34 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 20:48 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:36 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 17:34
- Nakshatra Shravana until 20:48 · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 01:50 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 17:34, then Chatushpada
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 17:34 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 17:34 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 20:48 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:36 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:34 – 08:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:30 – 15:15
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:50 – 13:09 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. 04:27 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:32 – 20:03
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:08 – 20:48
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:08 – 20:48
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:08 – 07:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:34 – 08:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:59 – 10:25 | Good |
| Rog | 10:25 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:50 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Char | 13:16 – 14:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:41 – 16:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:07 – 17:32 | Good |
| Char | 17:32 – 19:07 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:07 – 20:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:41 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:15 – 23:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:50 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:24 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:59 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:33 – 06:08 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
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:44 NowSaturn
- 14:41 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:41 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:47 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 06:01 Capricorn
- 06:01 – 07:34 Aquarius
- 07:34 – 09:05 Pisces
- 09:05 – 10:46 Aries
- 10:46 – 12:44 Taurus
- 12:44 – 14:58 Gemini
- 14:58 – 17:13 Cancer
- 17:13 – 19:25 Leo
- 19:25 – 21:35 Virgo
- 21:35 – 23:49 Libra
- 23:49 – 02:05 next day Scorpio
- 02:05 – 04:10 next day Sagittarius
- 04:10 – 05:57 next day Capricorn
- 05:57 – 06:08 next day Aquarius
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