Kolkata panchang, 17 May 2026
Sunrise 04:56 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 04:54 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:56 to 18:09- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Yamaganda 11:33 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam 14:51 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta 16:23 – 17:16
- Rahu Kalam 16:30 – 18:09
- 06:15 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 11:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:32 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
18:09 to 04:56 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:30 – 04:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:59 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 21:41
- Nakshatra Krittika until 14:32 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 06:15
- Karana Kimstughna until 11:36, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:15 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 11:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:32 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 21:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:59 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 06:15 – 08:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:23 – 17:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:30 – 18:09
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 – 04:13
- 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 18:09 – 20:18
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 04:56 – 06:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:35 – 08:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:14 – 09:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:53 – 11:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:33 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:12 – 14:51 | Good |
| Rog | 14:51 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:30 – 18:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:09 – 19:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:30 – 20:51 | Good |
| Char | 20:51 – 22:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:12 – 23:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:32 – 00:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:53 – 02:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:14 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:35 – 04:56 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
- 04:56 NowSun
- 06:02 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:39 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:51 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 17:03 NowSaturn
- 18:09 NowJupiter
- 19:03 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:32 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowSun
- 05:56 NowVenus
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 14:56 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:30 – 04:52 Aries
- 04:52 – 06:51 Taurus
- 06:51 – 09:04 Gemini
- 09:04 – 11:20 Cancer
- 11:20 – 13:31 Leo
- 13:31 – 15:41 Virgo
- 15:41 – 17:55 Libra
- 17:55 – 20:11 Scorpio
- 20:11 – 22:16 Sagittarius
- 22:16 – 00:03 next day Capricorn
- 00:03 – 01:37 next day Aquarius
- 01:37 – 03:08 next day Pisces
- 03:08 – 04:48 next day Aries
- 04:48 – 04:56 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