Kolkata panchang, 14 September 2026
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 08:07 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 17:40- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:55 – 08:27
- Yamaganda 10:00 – 11:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:56 – 12:45
- Gulika Kalam 13:04 – 14:36
- Durmuhurta 14:23 – 15:12
- 07:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:46 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
17:40 to 05:24 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 07:07
- Nakshatra Chitra until 13:55 · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 12:46
- Karana Gara until 07:07, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:46 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 19:21 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:55 – 08:27
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:32
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:56 – 12:45
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:36
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:23 – 15:12
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 05:23 – 13:55
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmriti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kulluka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindaraja, as Kulluka reports him, as its last muhurta. 03:50 – 04:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:07 – 11:56
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:40 – 20:01
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 13:55 – 05:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:23 – 06:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:55 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:27 – 10:00 | Good |
| Rog | 10:00 – 11:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:32 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Char | 13:04 – 14:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:36 – 16:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:08 – 17:40 | Good |
| Char | 17:40 – 19:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:08 – 20:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:36 – 22:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:04 – 23:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:32 – 01:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:00 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:28 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:56 – 05:24 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:25 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:32 NowMercury
- 12:33 NowMoon
- 13:34 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:34 NowJupiter
- 22:33 NowMars
- 23:32 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:23 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:23 NowMercury
- 12:23 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:23 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:23 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 05:39 Leo
- 05:39 – 07:49 Virgo
- 07:49 – 10:03 Libra
- 10:03 – 12:19 Scorpio
- 12:19 – 14:24 Sagittarius
- 14:24 – 16:11 Capricorn
- 16:11 – 17:45 Aquarius
- 17:45 – 19:16 Pisces
- 19:16 – 20:56 Aries
- 20:56 – 22:55 Taurus
- 22:55 – 01:08 next day Gemini
- 01:08 – 03:24 next day Cancer
- 03:24 – 05:24 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