Kolkata panchang, 13 September 2026
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 07:11 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 17:41- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:56
- Yamaganda 11:32 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam 14:36 – 16:09
- Durmuhurta 16:02 – 16:52
- Rahu Kalam 16:09 – 17:41
- 07:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 07:08 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:07 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 13:43 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
17:41 to 05:23 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:26 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 07:08
- Nakshatra Hasta until 13:07 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 13:43
- Karana Kaulava until 07:08, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 07:08 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:07 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 13:43 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 19:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:26 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:32 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:36 – 16:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:02 – 16:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:09 – 17:41
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. 03:50 – 04:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:07 – 11:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:01
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:23 – 13:07
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:23 – 13:07
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:07 – 21:47
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:23 – 06:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:55 – 08:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:27 – 10:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:00 – 11:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:32 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:04 – 14:36 | Good |
| Rog | 14:36 – 16:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:09 – 17:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:41 – 19:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:09 – 20:36 | Good |
| Char | 20:36 – 22:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:04 – 23:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:32 – 01:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:00 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:28 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:56 – 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 NowSun
- 06:25 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:32 NowMars
- 12:33 NowSun
- 13:35 NowVenus
- 14:36 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:41 NowJupiter
- 18:39 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:34 NowMoon
- 23:32 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:31 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowSun
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 05:43 Leo
- 05:43 – 07:53 Virgo
- 07:53 – 10:07 Libra
- 10:07 – 12:23 Scorpio
- 12:23 – 14:28 Sagittarius
- 14:28 – 16:15 Capricorn
- 16:15 – 17:49 Aquarius
- 17:49 – 19:20 Pisces
- 19:20 – 21:00 Aries
- 21:00 – 22:59 Taurus
- 22:59 – 01:12 next day Gemini
- 01:12 – 03:28 next day Cancer
- 03:28 – 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