Kolkata panchang, 23 September 2026
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 15:29 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:26 to 17:31- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:57 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam 09:58 – 11:28
- Durmuhurta 11:04 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:04 – 11:53 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:28 – 12:59
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 10:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:27 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
17:31 to 05:26 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:31 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:57 Moon enters Aquarius
- 22:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 22:51
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:09 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 16:27
- Karana Bava until 10:22, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 10:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:27 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 21:57 Moon enters Aquarius
- 22:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:57 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:28
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:04 – 11:53
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:28 – 12:59
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 09:09 – 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. 03:51 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:04 – 11:53
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:31 – 19:54
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:26 – 22:51
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:26 – 06:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:57 – 08:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:27 – 09:58 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 09:58 – 11:28 | Good |
| Rog | 11:28 – 12:59 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 12:59 – 14:30 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:30 – 16:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:00 – 17:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:31 – 19:00 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:00 – 20:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:30 – 21:59 | Good |
| Char | 21:59 – 23:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:29 – 00:58 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 00:58 – 02:27 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 02:27 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:57 – 05:26 next day | Avoid |
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
- 05:26 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:29 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:26 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:26 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 05:04 Leo
- 05:04 – 07:14 Virgo
- 07:14 – 09:28 Libra
- 09:28 – 11:44 Scorpio
- 11:44 – 13:49 Sagittarius
- 13:49 – 15:36 Capricorn
- 15:36 – 17:09 Aquarius
- 17:09 – 18:40 Pisces
- 18:40 – 20:21 Aries
- 20:21 – 22:19 Taurus
- 22:19 – 00:33 next day Gemini
- 00:33 – 02:48 next day Cancer
- 02:48 – 05:00 next day Leo
- 05:00 – 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