Kolkata panchang, 17 June 2026
Sunrise 04:53 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 06:57 Jyeshtha 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 18:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:34 – 08:15
- Gulika Kalam 09:56 – 11:37
- Durmuhurta 11:10 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 12:04 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:37 – 13:18
- 08:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 11:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:37 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:21 to 04:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:51 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 21:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 21:39 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 21:39
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 13:37 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhruva until 20:51
- Karana Taitila until 11:12, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 11:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:37 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 20:51 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 21:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 21:39 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:56 – 11:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:10 – 12:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:37 – 13:18
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:51 – 00:27 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 14:02 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 13:06 – 14:58
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:10 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:28
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:37 – 04:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:53 – 06:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:34 – 08:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:15 – 09:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:56 – 11:37 | Good |
| Rog | 11:37 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Char | 14:59 – 16:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:40 – 18:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:21 – 19:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:40 – 20:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:59 – 22:18 | Good |
| Char | 22:18 – 23:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:37 – 00:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:56 – 02:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:15 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:34 – 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 NowMercury
- 06:00 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:22 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:37 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:37 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:22 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 05:53 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 04:49 Taurus
- 04:49 – 07:02 Gemini
- 07:02 – 09:18 Cancer
- 09:18 – 11:29 Leo
- 11:29 – 13:39 Virgo
- 13:39 – 15:53 Libra
- 15:53 – 18:09 Scorpio
- 18:09 – 20:14 Sagittarius
- 20:14 – 22:01 Capricorn
- 22:01 – 23:35 Aquarius
- 23:35 – 01:06 next day Pisces
- 01:06 – 02:46 next day Aries
- 02:46 – 04:45 next day Taurus
- 04:45 – 04:53 next day Gemini
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