Kolkata panchang, 15 May 2026
Sunrise 04:57 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 03:18 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:57 to 18:08- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:36 – 08:15
- Durmuhurta 07:35 – 08:28
- Rahu Kalam 09:54 – 11:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 14:50 – 16:29
- 08:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 08:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:21 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
18:08 to 04:57 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:30 – 04:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:54 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 20:14 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 08:31
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 20:14 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ayushman until 14:21
- Karana Vanija until 08:31, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 08:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:21 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 18:54 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 20:14 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:35 – 08:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:29
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. 03:30 – 04:14
- 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 18:08 – 20:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:57 – 20:14
Choghadiya
| Char | 04:57 – 06:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:36 – 08:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:15 – 09:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:54 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:33 – 13:11 | Good |
| Rog | 13:11 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:50 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Char | 16:29 – 18:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:08 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:29 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:50 – 22:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:11 – 23:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:32 – 00:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:53 – 02:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:14 – 03:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:36 – 04:57 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
- 04:57 NowVenus
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:02 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowVenus
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:30 – 05:00 Aries
- 05:00 – 06:58 Taurus
- 06:58 – 09:12 Gemini
- 09:12 – 11:27 Cancer
- 11:27 – 13:39 Leo
- 13:39 – 15:49 Virgo
- 15:49 – 18:03 Libra
- 18:03 – 20:19 Scorpio
- 20:19 – 22:24 Sagittarius
- 22:24 – 00:11 next day Capricorn
- 00:11 – 01:44 next day Aquarius
- 01:44 – 03:15 next day Pisces
- 03:15 – 04:56 next day Aries
- 04:56 – 04:57 next day Taurus
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