Kolkata panchang, 24 September 2026
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 16:03 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 17:30- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:26 – 06:57
- Gulika Kalam 08:27 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta 09:27 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:04 – 11:52
- Rahu Kalam 12:58 – 14:29
- Durmuhurta 14:17 – 15:05
- 10:35 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 11:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:54 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
17:30 to 05:27 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:30 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 23:18 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 23:18
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 10:35 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhriti until 15:54
- Karana Kaulava until 11:09, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:35 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 11:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:54 Yoga becomes Shula
- 23:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 23:18 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 05:26 – 06:57
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 09:27 – 10:16
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:58 – 14:29
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:17 – 15:05
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:54 – 17:54
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 – 04:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:04 – 11:52
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:30 – 19:53
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 10:35 – 05:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:26 – 06:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:57 – 08:27 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 08:27 – 09:58 | Avoid |
| Char | 09:58 – 11:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:28 – 12:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:58 – 14:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:29 – 15:59 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 15:59 – 17:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:30 – 18:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:59 – 20:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:29 – 21:59 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 21:59 – 23:28 | Avoid |
| Labh | 23:28 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:58 – 02:27 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 02:27 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:57 – 05:27 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
- 05:26 NowJupiter
- 06:27 NowMars
- 07:27 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:28 NowMoon
- 11:28 NowSaturn
- 12:28 NowJupiter
- 13:29 NowMars
- 14:29 NowSun
- 15:29 NowVenus
- 16:29 NowMercury
- 17:30 NowMoon
- 18:29 NowSaturn
- 19:29 NowJupiter
- 20:29 NowMars
- 21:29 NowSun
- 22:28 NowVenus
- 23:28 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMoon
- 01:28 NowSaturn
- 02:27 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:27 NowSun
- 05:26 NowJupiter
- 06:26 NowMars
- 07:26 NowSun
- 08:26 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:26 NowMoon
- 11:26 NowSaturn
- 12:26 NowJupiter
- 13:26 NowMars
- 14:26 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:26 NowMoon
- 18:26 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:26 NowMars
- 21:26 NowSun
- 22:26 NowVenus
- 23:26 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:26 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:26 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 05:00 Leo
- 05:00 – 07:10 Virgo
- 07:10 – 09:24 Libra
- 09:24 – 11:40 Scorpio
- 11:40 – 13:45 Sagittarius
- 13:45 – 15:32 Capricorn
- 15:32 – 17:05 Aquarius
- 17:05 – 18:37 Pisces
- 18:37 – 20:17 Aries
- 20:17 – 22:16 Taurus
- 22:16 – 00:29 next day Gemini
- 00:29 – 02:45 next day Cancer
- 02:45 – 04:56 next day Leo
- 04:56 – 05:27 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