Kolkata panchang, 16 September 2026
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 09:59 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:24 to 17:38- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:56 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam 09:59 – 11:31
- Durmuhurta 11:06 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:55 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:31 – 13:03
- 08:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:49 Moon enters Scorpio
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:22 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
17:38 to 05:24 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:38 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:50 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 08:59
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 17:22 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 12:22
- Karana Balava until 08:59, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:49 Moon enters Scorpio
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:22 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 21:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:20 – 12:22
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:31
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:06 – 11:55
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:31 – 13:03
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:22 – 13:34
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:06 – 11:55
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:38 – 19:59
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Narada, quoted in Muhurta Chintamani 1.21's commentary, p. 20 17:22 – 05:24 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:22 – 05:24 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 17:22 – 05:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:24 – 06:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:56 – 08:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:27 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:59 – 11:31 | Good |
| Rog | 11:31 – 13:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:03 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Char | 14:34 – 16:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:06 – 17:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:38 – 19:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:06 – 20:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:34 – 22:03 | Good |
| Char | 22:03 – 23:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:31 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:59 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:28 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:56 – 05:24 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. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:32 NowMercury
- 13:33 NowMoon
- 14:34 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:24 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 05:31 Leo
- 05:31 – 07:41 Virgo
- 07:41 – 09:56 Libra
- 09:56 – 12:11 Scorpio
- 12:11 – 14:17 Sagittarius
- 14:17 – 16:03 Capricorn
- 16:03 – 17:37 Aquarius
- 17:37 – 19:08 Pisces
- 19:08 – 20:49 Aries
- 20:49 – 22:47 Taurus
- 22:47 – 01:00 next day Gemini
- 01:00 – 03:16 next day Cancer
- 03:16 – 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