Kolkata panchang, 24 February 2026
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 10:28 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 17:36- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:21 – 09:08
- Yamaganda 08:56 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:13
- Gulika Kalam 11:49 – 13:16
- Rahu Kalam 14:43 – 16:10
- 07:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 07:02 Karana becomes Vishti
- 07:23 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 15:07 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
17:36 to 06:02 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:57 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:26 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 04:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 07:02
- Nakshatra Krittika until 15:07 · lord Sun
- Yoga Indra until 07:23
- Karana Vanija until 07:02, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 07:02 Karana becomes Vishti
- 07:23 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 15:07 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 17:57 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:26 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 04:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:23 – 04:26 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:21 – 09:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:56 – 10:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:43 – 16:10
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:26 – 05:38 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. 04:23 – 05:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:03 – 15:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:02 – 04:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:03 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:29 – 08:56 | Bad |
| Char | 08:56 – 10:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:23 – 11:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:49 – 13:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:16 – 14:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:43 – 16:10 | Good |
| Rog | 16:10 – 17:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:36 – 19:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:09 – 20:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:43 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:16 – 23:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:49 – 01:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:22 – 02:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:55 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:29 – 06:02 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
- 06:03 NowMars
- 07:00 NowSun
- 07:58 NowVenus
- 08:56 NowMercury
- 09:54 NowMoon
- 10:52 NowSaturn
- 11:49 NowJupiter
- 12:47 NowMars
- 13:45 NowSun
- 14:43 NowVenus
- 15:41 NowMercury
- 16:38 NowMoon
- 17:36 NowSaturn
- 18:38 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:43 NowSun
- 21:45 NowVenus
- 22:47 NowMercury
- 23:49 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSaturn
- 01:53 NowJupiter
- 02:55 NowMars
- 03:58 NowSun
- 05:00 NowVenus
- 06:03 NowMars
- 07:03 NowSun
- 08:03 NowVenus
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 10:03 NowMoon
- 11:03 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:03 NowMars
- 14:03 NowSun
- 15:03 NowVenus
- 16:03 NowMercury
- 17:03 NowMoon
- 18:03 NowSaturn
- 19:03 NowJupiter
- 20:03 NowMars
- 21:03 NowSun
- 22:03 NowVenus
- 23:03 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMoon
- 01:03 NowSaturn
- 02:03 NowJupiter
- 03:03 NowMars
- 04:03 NowSun
- 05:03 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:29 Capricorn
- 05:29 – 07:03 Aquarius
- 07:03 – 08:34 Pisces
- 08:34 – 10:15 Aries
- 10:15 – 12:13 Taurus
- 12:13 – 14:26 Gemini
- 14:26 – 16:42 Cancer
- 16:42 – 18:53 Leo
- 18:53 – 21:03 Virgo
- 21:03 – 23:18 Libra
- 23:18 – 01:33 next day Scorpio
- 01:33 – 03:39 next day Sagittarius
- 03:39 – 05:26 next day Capricorn
- 05:26 – 06:02 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