Kolkata panchang, 19 September 2026
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 12:41 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:25 to 17:35- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:25 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta 05:25 – 06:13
- Durmuhurta 06:13 – 07:02
- Rahu Kalam 08:27 – 09:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:05 – 11:54
- Yamaganda 13:01 – 14:32
- 14:29 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 15:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 15:27 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:35 to 05:25 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:35 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 04:40 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 15:27
- Nakshatra Mula until 01:43 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ayushman until 14:29
- Karana Bava until 15:27, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 14:29 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 15:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 15:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 04:40 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 05:25 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 05:25 – 06:13
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:13 – 07:02
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:59
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:01 – 14:32
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 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:05 – 11:54
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:35 – 19:57
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:27 – 05:25 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 01:43 – 05:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:25 – 06:56 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:56 – 08:27 | Good |
| Rog | 08:27 – 09:59 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 09:59 – 11:30 | Avoid |
| Char | 11:30 – 13:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:01 – 14:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:32 – 16:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:04 – 17:35 | Avoid |
| Labh | 17:35 – 19:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:04 – 20:32 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 20:32 – 22:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:01 – 23:30 | Good |
| Char | 23:30 – 00:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:59 – 02:28 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 02:28 – 03:56 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 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
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:29 NowMercury
- 11:30 NowMoon
- 12:31 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:32 NowMars
- 15:33 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:33 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:31 NowSun
- 23:30 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:25 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:25 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:25 NowSun
- 23:25 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 05:19 Leo
- 05:19 – 07:30 Virgo
- 07:30 – 09:44 Libra
- 09:44 – 11:59 Scorpio
- 11:59 – 14:05 Sagittarius
- 14:05 – 15:52 Capricorn
- 15:52 – 17:25 Aquarius
- 17:25 – 18:56 Pisces
- 18:56 – 20:37 Aries
- 20:37 – 22:35 Taurus
- 22:35 – 00:49 next day Gemini
- 00:49 – 03:04 next day Cancer
- 03:04 – 05:15 next day Leo
- 05:15 – 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