Kolkata panchang, 17 September 2026
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 10:55 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 17:37- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:24 – 06:56
- Gulika Kalam 08:27 – 09:59
- Durmuhurta 09:28 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:55
- Rahu Kalam 13:02 – 14:34
- Durmuhurta 14:21 – 15:10
- 10:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 10:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:49 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
17:37 to 05:25 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:37 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:52 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 10:48
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 19:53 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vishkambha until 12:49
- Karana Taitila until 10:48, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 10:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:49 Yoga becomes Priti
- 19:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:52 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 05:24 – 06:56
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:59
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 09:28 – 10:17
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:02 – 14:34
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:21 – 15:10
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) 11:06 – 11:55
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:37 – 19:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:24 – 19:53
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 05:24 – 19:53
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:24 – 06:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:56 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:27 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Char | 09:59 – 11:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:30 – 13:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:02 – 14:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:34 – 16:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:05 – 17:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:37 – 19:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:05 – 20:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:34 – 22:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:02 – 23:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:31 – 00:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:59 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:28 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:56 – 05:25 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
- 05:24 NowJupiter
- 06:25 NowMars
- 07:26 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:29 NowMoon
- 11:30 NowSaturn
- 12:32 NowJupiter
- 13:33 NowMars
- 14:34 NowSun
- 15:35 NowVenus
- 16:36 NowMercury
- 17:37 NowMoon
- 18:36 NowSaturn
- 19:35 NowJupiter
- 20:34 NowMars
- 21:33 NowSun
- 22:32 NowVenus
- 23:31 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMoon
- 01:29 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:26 NowSun
- 05:24 NowJupiter
- 06:24 NowMars
- 07:24 NowSun
- 08:24 NowVenus
- 09:24 NowMercury
- 10:24 NowMoon
- 11:24 NowSaturn
- 12:24 NowJupiter
- 13:24 NowMars
- 14:24 NowSun
- 15:24 NowVenus
- 16:24 NowMercury
- 17:24 NowMoon
- 18:24 NowSaturn
- 19:24 NowJupiter
- 20:24 NowMars
- 21:24 NowSun
- 22:24 NowVenus
- 23:24 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:24 NowJupiter
- 03:24 NowMars
- 04:24 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 05:27 Leo
- 05:27 – 07:37 Virgo
- 07:37 – 09:52 Libra
- 09:52 – 12:07 Scorpio
- 12:07 – 14:13 Sagittarius
- 14:13 – 16:00 Capricorn
- 16:00 – 17:33 Aquarius
- 17:33 – 19:04 Pisces
- 19:04 – 20:45 Aries
- 20:45 – 22:43 Taurus
- 22:43 – 00:56 next day Gemini
- 00:56 – 03:12 next day Cancer
- 03:12 – 05:23 next day Leo
- 05:23 – 05:25 next day Virgo
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