Kolkata panchang, 26 February 2026
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 12:26 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 17:37- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:01 – 07:28
- Gulika Kalam 08:55 – 10:22
- Durmuhurta 09:53 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:12
- Rahu Kalam 13:16 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta 14:32 – 15:18
- 12:11 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 13:37 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:37 to 06:00 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:33 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:33 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 00:33 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 00:33 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 12:11 · lord Mars
- Yoga Priti until 22:33
- Karana Taitila until 13:37, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:11 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 13:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:33 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:33 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 00:33 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:01 – 07:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:55 – 10:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:53 – 10:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:32 – 15:18
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:01 – 12:11
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:11 – 06:00 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. 04:22 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:37 – 20:06
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:01 – 06:00 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:01 – 00:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:01 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:28 – 08:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:55 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Char | 10:22 – 11:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:49 – 13:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:16 – 14:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:43 – 16:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:10 – 17:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:37 – 19:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:10 – 20:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:43 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:16 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:49 – 01:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:22 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:54 – 04:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:27 – 06:00 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
- 06:01 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMars
- 07:57 NowSun
- 08:55 NowVenus
- 09:53 NowMercury
- 10:51 NowMoon
- 11:49 NowSaturn
- 12:47 NowJupiter
- 13:45 NowMars
- 14:43 NowSun
- 15:41 NowVenus
- 16:39 NowMercury
- 17:37 NowMoon
- 18:39 NowSaturn
- 19:41 NowJupiter
- 20:43 NowMars
- 21:45 NowSun
- 22:47 NowVenus
- 23:49 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMoon
- 01:53 NowSaturn
- 02:54 NowJupiter
- 03:56 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSun
- 06:01 NowJupiter
- 07:01 NowMars
- 08:01 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 13:01 NowJupiter
- 14:01 NowMars
- 15:01 NowSun
- 16:01 NowVenus
- 17:01 NowMercury
- 18:01 NowMoon
- 19:01 NowSaturn
- 20:01 NowJupiter
- 21:01 NowMars
- 22:01 NowSun
- 23:01 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 01:01 NowMoon
- 02:01 NowSaturn
- 03:01 NowJupiter
- 04:01 NowMars
- 05:01 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:22 Capricorn
- 05:22 – 06:55 Aquarius
- 06:55 – 08:26 Pisces
- 08:26 – 10:07 Aries
- 10:07 – 12:05 Taurus
- 12:05 – 14:18 Gemini
- 14:18 – 16:34 Cancer
- 16:34 – 18:45 Leo
- 18:45 – 20:56 Virgo
- 20:56 – 23:10 Libra
- 23:10 – 01:25 next day Scorpio
- 01:25 – 03:31 next day Sagittarius
- 03:31 – 05:18 next day Capricorn
- 05:18 – 06:00 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