Kolkata panchang, 26 March 2026
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 11:25 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:36 to 17:48- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:36 – 07:07
- Gulika Kalam 08:39 – 10:10
- Durmuhurta 09:40 – 10:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam 13:14 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:22
- 11:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:19 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
17:48 to 05:35 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:01 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:31 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 11:49
- Nakshatra Ardra until 16:19 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shobhana until 00:31 next day
- Karana Bava until 11:49, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:19 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 22:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:31 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:36 – 07:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:40 – 10:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:22
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:31 – 02:55 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:36 – 16:19
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. 04:01 – 04:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:18 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:48 – 20:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:19 – 05:35 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:19 – 05:35 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:19 – 05:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:36 – 07:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:07 – 08:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:39 – 10:10 | Bad |
| Char | 10:10 – 11:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:42 – 13:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:14 – 14:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:45 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:17 – 17:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:48 – 19:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:17 – 20:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:45 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:13 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:41 – 01:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:10 – 02:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:38 – 04:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:06 – 05:35 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
- 05:36 NowJupiter
- 06:37 NowMars
- 07:38 NowSun
- 08:39 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:41 NowMoon
- 11:42 NowSaturn
- 12:43 NowJupiter
- 13:44 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:46 NowVenus
- 16:47 NowMercury
- 17:48 NowMoon
- 18:47 NowSaturn
- 19:46 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:43 NowVenus
- 23:41 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMoon
- 01:39 NowSaturn
- 02:38 NowJupiter
- 03:37 NowMars
- 04:36 NowSun
- 05:36 NowJupiter
- 06:36 NowMars
- 07:36 NowSun
- 08:36 NowVenus
- 09:36 NowMercury
- 10:36 NowMoon
- 11:36 NowSaturn
- 12:36 NowJupiter
- 13:36 NowMars
- 14:36 NowSun
- 15:36 NowVenus
- 16:36 NowMercury
- 17:36 NowMoon
- 18:36 NowSaturn
- 19:36 NowJupiter
- 20:36 NowMars
- 21:36 NowSun
- 22:36 NowVenus
- 23:36 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMoon
- 01:36 NowSaturn
- 02:36 NowJupiter
- 03:36 NowMars
- 04:36 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 05:05 Aquarius
- 05:05 – 06:36 Pisces
- 06:36 – 08:17 Aries
- 08:17 – 10:15 Taurus
- 10:15 – 12:28 Gemini
- 12:28 – 14:44 Cancer
- 14:44 – 16:55 Leo
- 16:55 – 19:05 Virgo
- 19:05 – 21:20 Libra
- 21:20 – 23:35 Scorpio
- 23:35 – 01:41 next day Sagittarius
- 01:41 – 03:28 next day Capricorn
- 03:28 – 05:01 next day Aquarius
- 05:01 – 05:35 next day Pisces
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