Kolkata panchang, 23 May 2026
Sunrise 04:54 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 11:20 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 18:12- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:54 – 06:34
- Durmuhurta 04:54 – 05:47
- Durmuhurta 05:47 – 06:40
- Rahu Kalam 08:13 – 09:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Yamaganda 13:13 – 14:52
- 05:04 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 05:04 Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:13 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 16:40 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:12 to 04:54 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 04:27 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:27 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:42 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 05:04
- Nakshatra Magha until 02:09 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 06:13
- Karana Vanija until 05:04, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 05:04 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 05:04 Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:13 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 16:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 04:27 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:27 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:42 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:54 – 06:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:54 – 05:47
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:04 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:47 – 06:40
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 06:13 – 09:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:13 – 09:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:52
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. 03:28 – 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 18:12 – 20:20
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:09 – 04:54 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:27 – 04:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:54 – 06:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:34 – 08:13 | Good |
| Rog | 08:13 – 09:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:53 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Char | 11:33 – 13:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:13 – 14:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:52 – 16:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:32 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:12 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:32 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:52 – 22:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:12 – 23:33 | Good |
| Char | 23:33 – 00:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:53 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:13 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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
- 04:54 NowSaturn
- 06:01 NowJupiter
- 07:07 NowMars
- 08:13 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:26 NowMercury
- 11:33 NowMoon
- 12:39 NowSaturn
- 13:46 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:05 NowMoon
- 19:59 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:39 NowSun
- 23:33 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMercury
- 01:20 NowMoon
- 02:13 NowSaturn
- 03:07 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 04:54 NowSaturn
- 05:54 NowJupiter
- 06:54 NowMars
- 07:54 NowSun
- 08:54 NowVenus
- 09:54 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:54 NowMars
- 14:54 NowSun
- 15:54 NowVenus
- 16:54 NowMercury
- 17:54 NowMoon
- 18:54 NowSaturn
- 19:54 NowJupiter
- 20:54 NowMars
- 21:54 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:54 NowSaturn
- 02:54 NowJupiter
- 03:54 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 04:29 Aries
- 04:29 – 06:27 Taurus
- 06:27 – 08:40 Gemini
- 08:40 – 10:56 Cancer
- 10:56 – 13:07 Leo
- 13:07 – 15:17 Virgo
- 15:17 – 17:32 Libra
- 17:32 – 19:47 Scorpio
- 19:47 – 21:53 Sagittarius
- 21:53 – 23:40 Capricorn
- 23:40 – 01:13 next day Aquarius
- 01:13 – 02:44 next day Pisces
- 02:44 – 04:25 next day Aries
- 04:25 – 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