Kolkata panchang, 5 September 2026
Sunrise 05:21 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 23:58 Shravana month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:21 to 17:49- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:21 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta 05:21 – 06:11
- Durmuhurta 06:11 – 07:00
- Rahu Kalam 08:28 – 10:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 12:00
- Yamaganda 13:08 – 14:42
- 10:18 Moon enters Gemini
- 11:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:47 Yoga becomes Siddhi
Night
17:49 to 05:21 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:31 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 21:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 21:54 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 21:54
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 21:31 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 12:47
- Karana Taitila until 11:04, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:18 Moon enters Gemini
- 11:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:47 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 21:31 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 21:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 21:54 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:21 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:21 – 06:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:11 – 07:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:08 – 14:42
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. 03:49 – 04:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:10 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:49 – 20:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:21 – 21:54
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:21 – 06:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:54 – 08:28 | Good |
| Rog | 08:28 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:01 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Char | 11:35 – 13:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:08 – 14:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:42 – 16:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:15 – 17:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:49 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:15 – 20:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:42 – 22:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:08 – 23:35 | Good |
| Char | 23:35 – 01:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:01 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:28 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:54 – 05:21 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:30 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:35 NowMoon
- 12:37 NowSaturn
- 13:39 NowJupiter
- 14:42 NowMars
- 15:44 NowSun
- 16:46 NowVenus
- 17:49 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:44 NowSaturn
- 20:42 NowJupiter
- 21:39 NowMars
- 22:37 NowSun
- 23:35 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMercury
- 01:30 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowJupiter
- 07:21 NowMars
- 08:21 NowSun
- 09:21 NowVenus
- 10:21 NowMercury
- 11:21 NowMoon
- 12:21 NowSaturn
- 13:21 NowJupiter
- 14:21 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:21 NowVenus
- 17:21 NowMercury
- 18:21 NowMoon
- 19:21 NowSaturn
- 20:21 NowJupiter
- 21:21 NowMars
- 22:21 NowSun
- 23:21 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMercury
- 01:21 NowMoon
- 02:21 NowSaturn
- 03:21 NowJupiter
- 04:21 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 04:03 Cancer
- 04:03 – 06:14 Leo
- 06:14 – 08:25 Virgo
- 08:25 – 10:39 Libra
- 10:39 – 12:54 Scorpio
- 12:54 – 15:00 Sagittarius
- 15:00 – 16:47 Capricorn
- 16:47 – 18:20 Aquarius
- 18:20 – 19:51 Pisces
- 19:51 – 21:32 Aries
- 21:32 – 23:30 Taurus
- 23:30 – 01:44 next day Gemini
- 01:44 – 03:59 next day Cancer
- 03:59 – 05:21 next day Leo
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