Kolkata panchang, 24 May 2026
Sunrise 04:54 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 12:16 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
04:54 to 18:12- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 12:00
- Yamaganda 11:33 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 14:53 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta 16:26 – 17:19
- Rahu Kalam 16:32 – 18:12
- 16:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:12 to 04:54 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 03:44 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 04:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 04:31 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 02:51 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 03:44 next day
- Karana Balava until 16:24, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 16:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 03:44 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 04:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:26 – 17:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:32 – 18:12
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:44 – 04:56 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. 03:28 – 04:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:06 – 12:00
- 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 04:54 – 04:54 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:51 – 04:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 04:54 – 06:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:34 – 08:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:13 – 09:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:53 – 11:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:33 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:13 – 14:53 | Good |
| Rog | 14:53 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:32 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:12 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:32 – 20:52 | Good |
| Char | 20:52 – 22:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:13 – 23:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:33 – 00:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:53 – 02:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:13 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:33 – 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 NowSun
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:46 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:59 NowMoon
- 17:06 NowSaturn
- 18:12 NowJupiter
- 19:06 NowMars
- 19:59 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:46 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:33 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowSun
- 05:54 NowVenus
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 04:25 Aries
- 04:25 – 06:23 Taurus
- 06:23 – 08:36 Gemini
- 08:36 – 10:52 Cancer
- 10:52 – 13:03 Leo
- 13:03 – 15:14 Virgo
- 15:14 – 17:28 Libra
- 17:28 – 19:43 Scorpio
- 19:43 – 21:49 Sagittarius
- 21:49 – 23:36 Capricorn
- 23:36 – 01:09 next day Aquarius
- 01:09 – 02:40 next day Pisces
- 02:40 – 04:21 next day Aries
- 04:21 – 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