Kolkata panchang, 20 May 2026
Sunrise 04:55 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 08:08 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
04:55 to 18:10- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:34 – 08:14
- Gulika Kalam 09:53 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:33 – 13:12
- 06:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:10 to 04:55 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:39 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 11:07
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:12 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 14:10
- Karana Vishti until 11:07, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 21:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:39 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:53 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:06 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:12
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:10 – 16:34
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. 03:29 – 04:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:10 – 20:19
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:55 – 06:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:12 – 04:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:55 – 06:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:34 – 08:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:14 – 09:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:53 – 11:33 | Good |
| Rog | 11:33 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:12 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Char | 14:51 – 16:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:31 – 18:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:10 – 19:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:31 – 20:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:51 – 22:12 | Good |
| Char | 22:12 – 23:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:33 – 00:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:53 – 02:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:14 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:34 – 04:55 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
- 04:55 NowMercury
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:33 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 04:55 NowMercury
- 05:55 NowMoon
- 06:55 NowSaturn
- 07:55 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 09:55 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:55 NowSaturn
- 14:55 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 16:55 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 18:55 NowMercury
- 19:55 NowMoon
- 20:55 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:55 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 03:55 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 04:40 Aries
- 04:40 – 06:39 Taurus
- 06:39 – 08:52 Gemini
- 08:52 – 11:08 Cancer
- 11:08 – 13:19 Leo
- 13:19 – 15:29 Virgo
- 15:29 – 17:43 Libra
- 17:43 – 19:59 Scorpio
- 19:59 – 22:04 Sagittarius
- 22:04 – 23:51 Capricorn
- 23:51 – 01:25 next day Aquarius
- 01:25 – 02:56 next day Pisces
- 02:56 – 04:36 next day Aries
- 04:36 – 04:55 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