Kolkata panchang, 5 May 2026
Sunrise 05:02 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 21:28 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:02 to 18:03- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:39 – 08:31
- Yamaganda 08:18 – 09:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:59
- Gulika Kalam 11:33 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam 14:48 – 16:26
- 05:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 05:24 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:54 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 12:54 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
18:03 to 05:02 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 03:34 – 04:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:38 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:16 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 05:24
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 12:54 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shiva until 00:16 next day
- Karana Vishti until 05:24, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 05:24 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:54 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 12:54 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 18:38 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:16 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:39 – 08:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:18 – 09:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:26
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. 03:34 – 04:18
- 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 18:03 – 20:15
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:02 – 05:24
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:02 – 06:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:40 – 08:18 | Bad |
| Char | 08:18 – 09:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:55 – 11:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:33 – 13:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:11 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:48 – 16:26 | Good |
| Rog | 16:26 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:03 – 19:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:26 – 20:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:48 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:10 – 23:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:33 – 00:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:55 – 02:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:17 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:39 – 05:02 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
- 05:02 NowMars
- 06:07 NowSun
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:23 NowMoon
- 10:28 NowSaturn
- 11:33 NowJupiter
- 12:38 NowMars
- 13:43 NowSun
- 14:48 NowVenus
- 15:53 NowMercury
- 16:58 NowMoon
- 18:03 NowSaturn
- 18:58 NowJupiter
- 19:53 NowMars
- 20:48 NowSun
- 21:43 NowVenus
- 22:38 NowMercury
- 23:33 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSaturn
- 01:22 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:07 NowVenus
- 05:02 NowMars
- 06:02 NowSun
- 07:02 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:02 NowSun
- 14:02 NowVenus
- 15:02 NowMercury
- 16:02 NowMoon
- 17:02 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 19:02 NowMars
- 20:02 NowSun
- 21:02 NowVenus
- 22:02 NowMercury
- 23:02 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:02 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:34 – 03:59 Pisces
- 03:59 – 05:39 Aries
- 05:39 – 07:38 Taurus
- 07:38 – 09:51 Gemini
- 09:51 – 12:07 Cancer
- 12:07 – 14:18 Leo
- 14:18 – 16:28 Virgo
- 16:28 – 18:42 Libra
- 18:42 – 20:58 Scorpio
- 20:58 – 23:03 Sagittarius
- 23:03 – 00:50 next day Capricorn
- 00:50 – 02:24 next day Aquarius
- 02:24 – 03:55 next day Pisces
- 03:55 – 05:02 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