Kolkata panchang, 26 April 2026
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 13:26 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:08 to 18:00- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:08 – 12:00
- Yamaganda 11:34 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam 14:47 – 16:23
- Durmuhurta 16:17 – 17:08
- Rahu Kalam 16:23 – 18:00
- 06:14 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:00 to 05:08 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 03:39 – 04:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 18:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 22:27 Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 18:07
- Nakshatra Magha until 20:27 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 22:27
- Karana Taitila until 06:14, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 18:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 22:27 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:34 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:17 – 17:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:23 – 18:00
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. 03:39 – 04:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:08 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:08 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:08 – 06:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:45 – 08:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:21 – 09:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:58 – 11:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:34 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:10 – 14:47 | Good |
| Rog | 14:47 – 16:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:23 – 18:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:00 – 19:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:23 – 20:47 | Good |
| Char | 20:47 – 22:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:10 – 23:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:34 – 00:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:57 – 02:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:21 – 03:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:44 – 05:08 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
- 05:08 NowSun
- 06:13 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:34 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:47 NowMercury
- 15:51 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 19:51 NowSun
- 20:47 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:34 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowSun
- 06:08 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:39 – 04:34 Pisces
- 04:34 – 06:15 Aries
- 06:15 – 08:13 Taurus
- 08:13 – 10:26 Gemini
- 10:26 – 12:42 Cancer
- 12:42 – 14:53 Leo
- 14:53 – 17:04 Virgo
- 17:04 – 19:18 Libra
- 19:18 – 21:33 Scorpio
- 21:33 – 23:39 Sagittarius
- 23:39 – 01:26 next day Capricorn
- 01:26 – 02:59 next day Aquarius
- 02:59 – 04:30 next day Pisces
- 04:30 – 05:08 next day Aries
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