Kolkata panchang, 12 September 2026
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 06:15 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:23 to 17:42- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:23 – 06:55
- Durmuhurta 05:23 – 06:12
- Durmuhurta 06:12 – 07:01
- Rahu Kalam 08:28 – 10:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:08 – 11:57
- Yamaganda 13:05 – 14:37
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 07:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:55 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 15:09 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
17:42 to 05:23 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 07:46
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 12:55 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 15:09
- Karana Bava until 07:46, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 07:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:55 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 15:09 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 19:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:23 – 06:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:23 – 06:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:12 – 07:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:37
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:23 – 12:55
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 11:54 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 10:53 – 12:55
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:55 – 05:23 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. 03:49 – 04:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:08 – 11:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:42 – 20:02
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:23 – 06:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:55 – 08:28 | Good |
| Rog | 08:28 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:00 – 11:32 | Bad |
| Char | 11:32 – 13:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:05 – 14:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:37 – 16:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:09 – 17:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:42 – 19:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:09 – 20:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:37 – 22:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:05 – 23:32 | Good |
| Char | 23:32 – 01:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:00 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:28 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:55 – 05:23 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. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:24 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:31 NowMercury
- 11:32 NowMoon
- 12:34 NowSaturn
- 13:35 NowJupiter
- 14:37 NowMars
- 15:39 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:42 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:39 NowSaturn
- 20:37 NowJupiter
- 21:36 NowMars
- 22:34 NowSun
- 23:32 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:23 NowVenus
- 10:23 NowMercury
- 11:23 NowMoon
- 12:23 NowSaturn
- 13:23 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:23 NowMars
- 22:23 NowSun
- 23:23 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMercury
- 01:23 NowMoon
- 02:23 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 05:47 Leo
- 05:47 – 07:57 Virgo
- 07:57 – 10:11 Libra
- 10:11 – 12:27 Scorpio
- 12:27 – 14:32 Sagittarius
- 14:32 – 16:19 Capricorn
- 16:19 – 17:53 Aquarius
- 17:53 – 19:24 Pisces
- 19:24 – 21:04 Aries
- 21:04 – 23:03 Taurus
- 23:03 – 01:16 next day Gemini
- 01:16 – 03:32 next day Cancer
- 03:32 – 05:23 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