Kolkata panchang, 2 May 2026
Sunrise 05:04 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 18:46 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:04 to 18:02- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:04 – 06:41
- Durmuhurta 05:04 – 05:56
- Durmuhurta 05:56 – 06:48
- Rahu Kalam 08:19 – 09:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:59
- Yamaganda 13:10 – 14:48
- 11:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:02 to 05:04 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 03:35 – 04:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:44 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 00:30 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 00:50 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:50 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 00:50 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 07:10 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 21:44
- Karana Balava until 11:49, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:44 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 00:30 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 00:50 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:50 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:13 – 21:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:04 – 06:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:04 – 05:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:56 – 06:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:19 – 09:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:48
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. 03:36 – 04:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:07 – 11:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:14
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:04 – 06:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:41 – 08:19 | Good |
| Rog | 08:19 – 09:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:56 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Char | 11:33 – 13:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:10 – 14:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:48 – 16:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:25 – 18:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:02 – 19:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:25 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:48 – 22:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:10 – 23:33 | Good |
| Char | 23:33 – 00:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:56 – 02:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:18 – 03:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:41 – 05:04 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
- 05:04 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:33 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:48 NowMars
- 15:53 NowSun
- 16:57 NowVenus
- 18:02 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 19:52 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:33 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:23 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:13 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
- 05:04 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowJupiter
- 07:04 NowMars
- 08:04 NowSun
- 09:04 NowVenus
- 10:04 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 12:04 NowSaturn
- 13:04 NowJupiter
- 14:04 NowMars
- 15:04 NowSun
- 16:04 NowVenus
- 17:04 NowMercury
- 18:04 NowMoon
- 19:04 NowSaturn
- 20:04 NowJupiter
- 21:04 NowMars
- 22:04 NowSun
- 23:04 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMercury
- 01:04 NowMoon
- 02:04 NowSaturn
- 03:04 NowJupiter
- 04:04 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:36 – 04:11 Pisces
- 04:11 – 05:51 Aries
- 05:51 – 07:50 Taurus
- 07:50 – 10:03 Gemini
- 10:03 – 12:19 Cancer
- 12:19 – 14:30 Leo
- 14:30 – 16:40 Virgo
- 16:40 – 18:54 Libra
- 18:54 – 21:10 Scorpio
- 21:10 – 23:15 Sagittarius
- 23:15 – 01:02 next day Capricorn
- 01:02 – 02:36 next day Aquarius
- 02:36 – 04:07 next day Pisces
- 04:07 – 05:04 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