Kolkata panchang, 21 September 2026
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 14:12 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 17:33- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:56 – 08:27
- Yamaganda 09:58 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:05 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:53 – 12:42
- Gulika Kalam 13:00 – 14:31
- Durmuhurta 14:19 – 15:07
- 06:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:15 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
17:33 to 05:26 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:33 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:01 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 20:01
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 07:07 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 16:05
- Karana Taitila until 06:59, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:15 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 20:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:01 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:27
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:29
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:53 – 12:42
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:00 – 14:31
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:19 – 15:07
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:05 – 18:29
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 05:25 – 00:31 next day
- Kana Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 00:31 – 05:26 next day
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 – 11:53
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:33 – 19:55
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 05:25 – 05:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:25 – 06:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:56 – 08:27 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 08:27 – 09:58 | Good |
| Rog | 09:58 – 11:29 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 11:29 – 13:00 | Avoid |
| Char | 13:00 – 14:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:31 – 16:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:02 – 17:33 | Good |
| Char | 17:33 – 19:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:02 – 20:31 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 20:31 – 22:00 | Avoid |
| Labh | 22:00 – 23:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:29 – 00:58 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 00:58 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:27 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:57 – 05:26 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:30 NowMoon
- 13:30 NowSaturn
- 14:31 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:33 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:32 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:30 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMoon
- 06:25 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:25 NowMercury
- 12:25 NowMoon
- 13:25 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:25 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:25 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 05:12 Leo
- 05:12 – 07:22 Virgo
- 07:22 – 09:36 Libra
- 09:36 – 11:52 Scorpio
- 11:52 – 13:57 Sagittarius
- 13:57 – 15:44 Capricorn
- 15:44 – 17:17 Aquarius
- 17:17 – 18:48 Pisces
- 18:48 – 20:29 Aries
- 20:29 – 22:27 Taurus
- 22:27 – 00:41 next day Gemini
- 00:41 – 02:56 next day Cancer
- 02:56 – 05:08 next day Leo
- 05:08 – 05:26 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