Kolkata panchang, 9 May 2026
Sunrise 05:00 Sunset 18:05 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:00 to 18:05- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:00 – 06:38
- Durmuhurta 05:00 – 05:52
- Durmuhurta 05:52 – 06:45
- Rahu Kalam 08:16 – 09:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Yamaganda 13:11 – 14:49
- 14:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:03 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:05 to 04:59 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:32 – 04:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:24 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:35 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:40 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 14:03
- Nakshatra Shravana until 23:24 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 02:35 next day
- Karana Bava until 14:03, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:24 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:35 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:40 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:00 – 06:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:00 – 05:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:52 – 06:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:49
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 21:25 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 20:20 – 22:30
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. 03:33 – 04:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:06 – 11:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:05 – 20:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:00 – 23:24
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:00 – 06:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:38 – 08:16 | Good |
| Rog | 08:16 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:54 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Char | 11:33 – 13:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:11 – 14:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:49 – 16:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:27 – 18:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:05 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:27 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:49 – 22:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:11 – 23:32 | Good |
| Char | 23:32 – 00:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:54 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:16 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:38 – 04:59 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
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 06:05 NowJupiter
- 07:11 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:22 NowVenus
- 10:27 NowMercury
- 11:33 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:44 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:54 NowSun
- 17:00 NowVenus
- 18:05 NowMercury
- 19:00 NowMoon
- 19:54 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:32 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMercury
- 01:21 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:05 NowMars
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 07:00 NowMars
- 08:00 NowSun
- 09:00 NowVenus
- 10:00 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 14:00 NowMars
- 15:00 NowSun
- 16:00 NowVenus
- 17:00 NowMercury
- 18:00 NowMoon
- 19:00 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 21:00 NowMars
- 22:00 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:00 NowSaturn
- 03:00 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:33 – 03:43 Pisces
- 03:43 – 05:24 Aries
- 05:24 – 07:22 Taurus
- 07:22 – 09:35 Gemini
- 09:35 – 11:51 Cancer
- 11:51 – 14:02 Leo
- 14:02 – 16:12 Virgo
- 16:12 – 18:27 Libra
- 18:27 – 20:42 Scorpio
- 20:42 – 22:48 Sagittarius
- 22:48 – 00:35 next day Capricorn
- 00:35 – 02:08 next day Aquarius
- 02:08 – 03:39 next day Pisces
- 03:39 – 04:59 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