Kolkata panchang, 18 February 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 06:33 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 17:33- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:33 – 08:59
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta 11:27 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:50 – 13:16
- 16:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:58 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:33 to 06:06 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:33 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 16:58
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:16 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shiva until 22:45
- Karana Bava until 16:58, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 16:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:33 – 08:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:27 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:16
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. 04:26 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:58 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:07 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:33 – 08:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:59 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 11:50 | Good |
| Rog | 11:50 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:16 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Char | 14:42 – 16:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:07 – 17:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:33 – 19:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:07 – 20:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:41 – 22:16 | Good |
| Char | 22:16 – 23:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:50 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 02:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:58 – 04:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:32 – 06:06 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
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:53 Capricorn
- 05:53 – 07:26 Aquarius
- 07:26 – 08:58 Pisces
- 08:58 – 10:38 Aries
- 10:38 – 12:37 Taurus
- 12:37 – 14:50 Gemini
- 14:50 – 17:06 Cancer
- 17:06 – 19:17 Leo
- 19:17 – 21:27 Virgo
- 21:27 – 23:41 Libra
- 23:41 – 01:57 next day Scorpio
- 01:57 – 04:02 next day Sagittarius
- 04:02 – 05:49 next day Capricorn
- 05:49 – 06:06 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