Kolkata panchang, 20 September 2026
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 13:28 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 17:34- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:05 – 11:54
- Yamaganda 11:29 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam 14:32 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta 15:57 – 16:45
- Rahu Kalam 16:03 – 17:34
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
17:34 to 05:25 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:34 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 17:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 17:52
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 04:34 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 15:22
- Karana Kaulava until 17:52, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 17:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:29 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:32 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 15:57 – 16:45
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 16:03 – 17:34
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 – 04:38
- 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 17:34 – 19:56
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 05:25 – 05:25 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:34 – 05:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:25 – 06:56 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:56 – 08:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:27 – 09:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:58 – 11:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:29 – 13:00 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 13:00 – 14:32 | Good |
| Rog | 14:32 – 16:03 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 16:03 – 17:34 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 17:34 – 19:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:03 – 20:32 | Good |
| Char | 20:32 – 22:01 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:01 – 23:30 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 23:30 – 00:59 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 00:59 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:27 – 03:56 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:29 NowMars
- 12:30 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:32 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:34 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:32 NowSun
- 20:32 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:25 NowSun
- 06:25 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:25 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:25 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 05:15 Leo
- 05:15 – 07:26 Virgo
- 07:26 – 09:40 Libra
- 09:40 – 11:56 Scorpio
- 11:56 – 14:01 Sagittarius
- 14:01 – 15:48 Capricorn
- 15:48 – 17:21 Aquarius
- 17:21 – 18:52 Pisces
- 18:52 – 20:33 Aries
- 20:33 – 22:31 Taurus
- 22:31 – 00:45 next day Gemini
- 00:45 – 03:00 next day Cancer
- 03:00 – 05:12 next day Leo
- 05:12 – 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