Kolkata panchang, 20 February 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 07:42 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 17:34- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:32 – 08:58
- Durmuhurta 08:23 – 09:09
- Rahu Kalam 10:24 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:59
- Yamaganda 14:42 – 16:08
- 14:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:38 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:34 to 06:05 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:23 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 14:38
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 20:07 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sadhya until 18:23
- Karana Gara until 14:38, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:23 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:32 – 08:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:23 – 09:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:42 – 16:08
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:52 – 13:01 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. 04:25 – 05:15
- 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 17:34 – 20:04
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 20:07 – 06:05 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:07 – 06:05 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:07 – 06:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:06 – 07:32 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:32 – 08:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:58 – 10:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:24 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:50 – 13:16 | Good |
| Rog | 13:16 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:42 – 16:08 | Bad |
| Char | 16:08 – 17:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:34 – 19:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:08 – 20:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:42 – 22:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:16 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:50 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:23 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:57 – 04:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:31 – 06:05 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
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:03 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:42 NowMoon
- 15:39 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:39 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:45 Capricorn
- 05:45 – 07:19 Aquarius
- 07:19 – 08:50 Pisces
- 08:50 – 10:30 Aries
- 10:30 – 12:29 Taurus
- 12:29 – 14:42 Gemini
- 14:42 – 16:58 Cancer
- 16:58 – 19:09 Leo
- 19:09 – 21:19 Virgo
- 21:19 – 23:33 Libra
- 23:33 – 01:49 next day Scorpio
- 01:49 – 03:54 next day Sagittarius
- 03:54 – 05:41 next day Capricorn
- 05:41 – 06:05 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