Kolkata panchang, 21 May 2026
Sunrise 04:55 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 09:16 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 18:11- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:55 – 06:34
- Gulika Kalam 08:14 – 09:53
- Durmuhurta 09:20 – 10:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam 13:12 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:32
- 08:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:58 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:11 to 04:54 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 08:27
- Nakshatra Pushya until 02:49 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 10:58
- Karana Balava until 08:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:58 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 19:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:55 – 06:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:20 – 10:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:32
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 22:41 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 21:43 – 23:40
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 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 18:11 – 20:19
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 04:55 – 02:49 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:55 – 02:49 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:55 – 02:49 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:55 – 08:27
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:55 – 06:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:34 – 08:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:14 – 09:53 | Bad |
| Char | 09:53 – 11:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:33 – 13:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:12 – 14:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:52 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:31 – 18:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:11 – 19:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:31 – 20:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:52 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:12 – 23:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:33 – 00:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:53 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:13 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:34 – 04:54 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
- 04:55 NowJupiter
- 06:01 NowMars
- 07:07 NowSun
- 08:14 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:26 NowMoon
- 11:33 NowSaturn
- 12:39 NowJupiter
- 13:45 NowMars
- 14:52 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 17:04 NowMercury
- 18:11 NowMoon
- 19:04 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 21:45 NowSun
- 22:39 NowVenus
- 23:33 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:13 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 04:01 NowSun
- 04:55 NowJupiter
- 05:55 NowMars
- 06:55 NowSun
- 07:55 NowVenus
- 08:55 NowMercury
- 09:55 NowMoon
- 10:55 NowSaturn
- 11:55 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:55 NowSun
- 14:55 NowVenus
- 15:55 NowMercury
- 16:55 NowMoon
- 17:55 NowSaturn
- 18:55 NowJupiter
- 19:55 NowMars
- 20:55 NowSun
- 21:55 NowVenus
- 22:55 NowMercury
- 23:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSaturn
- 01:55 NowJupiter
- 02:55 NowMars
- 03:55 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 04:36 Aries
- 04:36 – 06:35 Taurus
- 06:35 – 08:48 Gemini
- 08:48 – 11:04 Cancer
- 11:04 – 13:15 Leo
- 13:15 – 15:25 Virgo
- 15:25 – 17:39 Libra
- 17:39 – 19:55 Scorpio
- 19:55 – 22:00 Sagittarius
- 22:00 – 23:47 Capricorn
- 23:47 – 01:21 next day Aquarius
- 01:21 – 02:52 next day Pisces
- 02:52 – 04:33 next day Aries
- 04:33 – 04:54 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