Kolkata panchang, 11 May 2026
Sunrise 04:59 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 00:55 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:59 to 18:06- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:37 – 08:16
- Yamaganda 09:54 – 11:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam 13:11 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:29
- 15:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 15:25 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:06 to 04:58 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 03:31 – 04:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:04 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 01:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 03:15 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 15:25
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 01:28 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 01:04 next day
- Karana Gara until 15:25, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 15:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 15:25 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:04 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 01:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 03:15 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:37 – 08:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:29
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:04 – 23:19 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:15 – 14:52 next day
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. 03:32 – 04:15
- 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 18:06 – 20:17
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 04:59 – 06:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:37 – 08:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:16 – 09:54 | Good |
| Rog | 09:54 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:33 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Char | 13:11 – 14:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:49 – 16:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:28 – 18:06 | Good |
| Char | 18:06 – 19:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:28 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:49 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:11 – 23:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:32 – 00:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:54 – 02:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:15 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:37 – 04:58 next day | Neutral |
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
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:27 NowVenus
- 11:33 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:44 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 17:01 NowSun
- 18:06 NowVenus
- 19:01 NowMercury
- 19:55 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:32 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:27 NowVenus
- 01:21 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:10 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:59 NowSaturn
- 20:59 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:32 – 03:35 Pisces
- 03:35 – 05:16 Aries
- 05:16 – 07:14 Taurus
- 07:14 – 09:27 Gemini
- 09:27 – 11:43 Cancer
- 11:43 – 13:54 Leo
- 13:54 – 16:05 Virgo
- 16:05 – 18:19 Libra
- 18:19 – 20:34 Scorpio
- 20:34 – 22:40 Sagittarius
- 22:40 – 00:27 next day Capricorn
- 00:27 – 02:00 next day Aquarius
- 02:00 – 03:31 next day Pisces
- 03:31 – 04:58 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