Kolkata panchang, 22 May 2026
Sunrise 04:54 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 10:20 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
04:54 to 18:11- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:34 – 08:14
- Durmuhurta 07:34 – 08:27
- Rahu Kalam 09:53 – 11:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 14:52 – 16:32
- 06:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 06:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:19 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 17:39 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:11 to 04:54 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 02:08 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 06:25
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 02:08 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 08:19
- Karana Taitila until 06:25, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 06:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:19 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 17:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 02:08 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:34 – 08:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:53 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:32
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:54 – 02:08 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:08 – 04:54 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. 03:29 – 04:11
- 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 – 20:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:54 – 06:25
Choghadiya
| Char | 04:54 – 06:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:34 – 08:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:14 – 09:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:53 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:33 – 13:12 | Good |
| Rog | 13:12 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:52 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Char | 16:32 – 18:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:11 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:32 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:52 – 22:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:12 – 23:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:33 – 00:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:53 – 02:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:13 – 03:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:34 – 04:54 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
- 04:54 NowVenus
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:52 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:33 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowVenus
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 04:33 Aries
- 04:33 – 06:31 Taurus
- 06:31 – 08:44 Gemini
- 08:44 – 11:00 Cancer
- 11:00 – 13:11 Leo
- 13:11 – 15:21 Virgo
- 15:21 – 17:36 Libra
- 17:36 – 19:51 Scorpio
- 19:51 – 21:57 Sagittarius
- 21:57 – 23:43 Capricorn
- 23:43 – 01:17 next day Aquarius
- 01:17 – 02:48 next day Pisces
- 02:48 – 04:29 next day Aries
- 04:29 – 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