Kolkata panchang, 18 September 2026
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 11:49 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:25 to 17:36- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:56 – 08:27
- Durmuhurta 07:51 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam 09:59 – 11:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta 11:55 – 12:43
- Yamaganda 14:33 – 16:04
- 13:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:01 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:34 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
17:36 to 05:25 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:36 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:44 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 22:44 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 02:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 13:01
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 22:44 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 13:34
- Karana Vanija until 13:01, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:01 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:34 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 22:44 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 22:44 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 02:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:27
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 07:51 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:55 – 12:43
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:33 – 16:04
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 05:25 – 22:44
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 17:36 – 19:58
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:25 – 06:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:56 – 08:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:27 – 09:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:59 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:30 – 13:02 | Good |
| Rog | 13:02 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:33 – 16:04 | Bad |
| Char | 16:04 – 17:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:36 – 19:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:04 – 20:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:33 – 22:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:02 – 23:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:30 – 00:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:59 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:28 – 03:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:56 – 05:25 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
- 05:25 NowVenus
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowVenus
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 05:23 Leo
- 05:23 – 07:34 Virgo
- 07:34 – 09:48 Libra
- 09:48 – 12:03 Scorpio
- 12:03 – 14:09 Sagittarius
- 14:09 – 15:56 Capricorn
- 15:56 – 17:29 Aquarius
- 17:29 – 19:00 Pisces
- 19:00 – 20:41 Aries
- 20:41 – 22:39 Taurus
- 22:39 – 00:52 next day Gemini
- 00:52 – 03:08 next day Cancer
- 03:08 – 05:19 next day Leo
- 05:19 – 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