Kolkata panchang, 21 February 2026
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 08:17 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 17:35- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:05 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta 06:05 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta 06:51 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam 08:57 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 13:16 – 14:42
- 13:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:51 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
17:35 to 06:04 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:07 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:07 Moon enters Aries
- 00:07 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 13:01
- Nakshatra Revati until 19:07 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shubha until 15:51
- Karana Vishti until 13:01, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 13:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:51 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 19:07 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:07 Moon enters Aries
- 00:07 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:52 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:05 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:05 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:51 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:42
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:05 – 19:07
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 10:03 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 09:03 – 11:03
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 17:35 – 20:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:05 – 19:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:05 – 13:01
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:05 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:31 – 08:57 | Good |
| Rog | 08:57 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:24 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Char | 11:50 – 13:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:16 – 14:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:42 – 16:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:08 – 17:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:35 – 19:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:08 – 20:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:42 – 22:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:16 – 23:49 | Good |
| Char | 23:49 – 01:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:23 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:57 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:30 – 06:04 next day | Good |
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
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:02 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:55 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 11:50 NowMoon
- 12:47 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:42 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:37 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:37 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:42 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:47 NowSun
- 23:49 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:54 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMars
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:05 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:05 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:05 NowMercury
- 19:05 NowMoon
- 20:05 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:05 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
- 05:05 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:41 Capricorn
- 05:41 – 07:15 Aquarius
- 07:15 – 08:46 Pisces
- 08:46 – 10:26 Aries
- 10:26 – 12:25 Taurus
- 12:25 – 14:38 Gemini
- 14:38 – 16:54 Cancer
- 16:54 – 19:05 Leo
- 19:05 – 21:15 Virgo
- 21:15 – 23:29 Libra
- 23:29 – 01:45 next day Scorpio
- 01:45 – 03:50 next day Sagittarius
- 03:50 – 05:37 next day Capricorn
- 05:37 – 06:04 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