Kolkata panchang, 9 September 2026
Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 03:17 Shravana month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:22 to 17:45- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:55 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam 10:00 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta 11:09 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:09 – 11:58 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:33 – 13:06
- 12:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 12:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:14 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:14 Moon enters Leo
Night
17:45 to 05:22 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:52 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 23:30 Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 12:31
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 15:14 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shiva until 21:52
- Karana Vanija until 12:31, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 12:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:14 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:14 Moon enters Leo
- 21:52 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 23:30 Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:55 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:09 – 11:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:06
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:31 – 15:14
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:14 – 23:30
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 – 04:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:09 – 11:58
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:04
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:22 – 06:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:55 – 08:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:28 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:00 – 11:33 | Good |
| Rog | 11:33 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:06 – 14:39 | Bad |
| Char | 14:39 – 16:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:12 – 17:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:45 – 19:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:12 – 20:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:39 – 22:06 | Good |
| Char | 22:06 – 23:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:33 – 01:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:01 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:28 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:55 – 05:22 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:22 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:37 NowMoon
- 14:39 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:39 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:33 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:22 NowMercury
- 06:22 NowMoon
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:22 NowMars
- 10:22 NowSun
- 11:22 NowVenus
- 12:22 NowMercury
- 13:22 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:22 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:22 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:22 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:22 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSun
- 01:22 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:22 NowMoon
- 04:22 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 05:59 Leo
- 05:59 – 08:09 Virgo
- 08:09 – 10:23 Libra
- 10:23 – 12:39 Scorpio
- 12:39 – 14:44 Sagittarius
- 14:44 – 16:31 Capricorn
- 16:31 – 18:04 Aquarius
- 18:04 – 19:35 Pisces
- 19:35 – 21:16 Aries
- 21:16 – 23:15 Taurus
- 23:15 – 01:28 next day Gemini
- 01:28 – 03:44 next day Cancer
- 03:44 – 05:22 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