Kolkata panchang, 17 February 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 05:57 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 17:33- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:25 – 09:10
- Yamaganda 08:59 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:13
- Gulika Kalam 11:50 – 13:16
- Rahu Kalam 14:41 – 16:07
- 09:05 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:31 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
17:33 to 06:07 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:33 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:28 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 17:31
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 21:16 · lord Mars
- Yoga Parigha until 00:28 next day
- Karana Naga until 17:31, then Kimstughna
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:05 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:31 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:28 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:25 – 09:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:41 – 16:07
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:08 – 21:16
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 21:16 – 06:07 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 – 05:17
- 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 17:33 – 20:04
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:08 – 07:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:33 – 08:59 | Bad |
| Char | 08:59 – 10:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:25 – 11:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:50 – 13:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:16 – 14:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:41 – 16:07 | Good |
| Rog | 16:07 – 17:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:33 – 19:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:07 – 20:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:41 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:16 – 23:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:50 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:24 – 02:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:58 – 04:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:33 – 06:07 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
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:05 NowSun
- 08:02 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 09:56 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 11:50 NowJupiter
- 12:47 NowMars
- 13:44 NowSun
- 14:41 NowVenus
- 15:38 NowMercury
- 16:36 NowMoon
- 17:33 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:38 NowMars
- 20:41 NowSun
- 21:44 NowVenus
- 22:47 NowMercury
- 23:50 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSaturn
- 01:56 NowJupiter
- 02:58 NowMars
- 04:01 NowSun
- 05:04 NowVenus
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:08 NowVenus
- 09:08 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:08 NowSaturn
- 12:08 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:08 NowSun
- 15:08 NowVenus
- 16:08 NowMercury
- 17:08 NowMoon
- 18:08 NowSaturn
- 19:08 NowJupiter
- 20:08 NowMars
- 21:08 NowSun
- 22:08 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMoon
- 01:08 NowSaturn
- 02:08 NowJupiter
- 03:08 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
- 05:08 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:57 Capricorn
- 05:57 – 07:30 Aquarius
- 07:30 – 09:01 Pisces
- 09:01 – 10:42 Aries
- 10:42 – 12:41 Taurus
- 12:41 – 14:54 Gemini
- 14:54 – 17:10 Cancer
- 17:10 – 19:21 Leo
- 19:21 – 21:31 Virgo
- 21:31 – 23:45 Libra
- 23:45 – 02:01 next day Scorpio
- 02:01 – 04:06 next day Sagittarius
- 04:06 – 05:53 next day Capricorn
- 05:53 – 06:07 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