Kolkata panchang, 26 May 2026
Sunrise 04:53 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 14:02 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
04:53 to 18:13- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:33 – 08:27
- Yamaganda 08:13 – 09:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 12:00
- Gulika Kalam 11:33 – 13:13
- Rahu Kalam 14:53 – 16:33
- 05:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 05:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:43 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:13 to 04:53 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:10 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 05:11
- Nakshatra Hasta until 05:56 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 03:10 next day
- Karana Gara until 05:11, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 05:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 05:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:10 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:33 – 08:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:13 – 09:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:33
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:10 – 03:25 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) 11:07 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:21
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:53 – 04:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 04:53 – 06:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:33 – 08:13 | Bad |
| Char | 08:13 – 09:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:53 – 11:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:33 – 13:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:13 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:53 – 16:33 | Good |
| Rog | 16:33 – 18:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:13 – 19:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:33 – 20:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:53 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:13 – 23:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:33 – 00:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:53 – 02:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:13 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:33 – 04:53 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
- 04:53 NowMars
- 06:00 NowSun
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:33 NowJupiter
- 12:40 NowMars
- 13:46 NowSun
- 14:53 NowVenus
- 16:00 NowMercury
- 17:06 NowMoon
- 18:13 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:00 NowMars
- 20:53 NowSun
- 21:46 NowVenus
- 22:40 NowMercury
- 23:33 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:13 NowMars
- 03:06 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMars
- 05:53 NowSun
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:53 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:53 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:53 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:53 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 04:17 Aries
- 04:17 – 06:15 Taurus
- 06:15 – 08:29 Gemini
- 08:29 – 10:44 Cancer
- 10:44 – 12:56 Leo
- 12:56 – 15:06 Virgo
- 15:06 – 17:20 Libra
- 17:20 – 19:36 Scorpio
- 19:36 – 21:41 Sagittarius
- 21:41 – 23:28 Capricorn
- 23:28 – 01:01 next day Aquarius
- 01:01 – 02:32 next day Pisces
- 02:32 – 04:13 next day Aries
- 04:13 – 04:53 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