Kolkata panchang, 28 May 2026
Sunrise 04:53 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 15:47 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 18:14- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:53 – 06:33
- Gulika Kalam 08:13 – 09:53
- Durmuhurta 09:20 – 10:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 12:00
- Rahu Kalam 13:14 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta 14:40 – 15:34
- 07:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 07:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 08:08 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
18:14 to 04:53 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:54 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 07:57
- Nakshatra Chitra until 08:08 · lord Mars
- Yoga Variyan until 03:54 next day
- Karana Balava until 07:57, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 07:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 08:08 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 20:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:54 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:53 – 06:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:13 – 09:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:20 – 10:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:40 – 15:34
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:54 – 16:15 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 – 04:10
- 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 18:14 – 20:22
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:53 – 06:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:33 – 08:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:13 – 09:53 | Bad |
| Char | 09:53 – 11:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:33 – 13:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:14 – 14:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:54 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:34 – 18:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:14 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:34 – 20:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:54 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:13 – 23:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:33 – 00:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:53 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:13 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:33 – 04:53 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
- 04:53 NowJupiter
- 06:00 NowMars
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:13 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:27 NowMoon
- 11:33 NowSaturn
- 12:40 NowJupiter
- 13:47 NowMars
- 14:54 NowSun
- 16:00 NowVenus
- 17:07 NowMercury
- 18:14 NowMoon
- 19:07 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 20:54 NowMars
- 21:47 NowSun
- 22:40 NowVenus
- 23:33 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:13 NowJupiter
- 03:06 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 04:53 NowJupiter
- 05:53 NowMars
- 06:53 NowSun
- 07:53 NowVenus
- 08:53 NowMercury
- 09:53 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 12:53 NowMars
- 13:53 NowSun
- 14:53 NowVenus
- 15:53 NowMercury
- 16:53 NowMoon
- 17:53 NowSaturn
- 18:53 NowJupiter
- 19:53 NowMars
- 20:53 NowSun
- 21:53 NowVenus
- 22:53 NowMercury
- 23:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSaturn
- 01:53 NowJupiter
- 02:53 NowMars
- 03:53 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 04:09 Aries
- 04:09 – 06:07 Taurus
- 06:07 – 08:21 Gemini
- 08:21 – 10:36 Cancer
- 10:36 – 12:48 Leo
- 12:48 – 14:58 Virgo
- 14:58 – 17:12 Libra
- 17:12 – 19:28 Scorpio
- 19:28 – 21:33 Sagittarius
- 21:33 – 23:20 Capricorn
- 23:20 – 00:53 next day Aquarius
- 00:53 – 02:24 next day Pisces
- 02:24 – 04:05 next day Aries
- 04:05 – 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