Kolkata panchang, 26 September 2026
Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 17:10 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:27 to 17:28- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:27 – 06:57
- Durmuhurta 05:27 – 06:15
- Durmuhurta 06:15 – 07:03
- Rahu Kalam 08:27 – 09:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:03 – 11:51
- Yamaganda 12:57 – 14:28
- 05:33 Moon enters Pisces
- 10:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 13:17 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
17:28 to 05:27 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:28 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:19 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 22:19
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 11:32 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 13:17
- Karana Vishti until 10:47, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 05:33 Moon enters Pisces
- 10:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 13:17 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 22:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:19 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:07 – 05:33
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 05:27 – 06:57
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 05:27 – 06:15
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:33 – 10:47
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:15 – 07:03
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:57
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:57 – 14:28
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) 11:03 – 11:51
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:28 – 19:52
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:27 – 06:57 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:57 – 08:27 | Good |
| Rog | 08:27 – 09:57 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 09:57 – 11:27 | Avoid |
| Char | 11:27 – 12:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:57 – 14:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:28 – 15:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:58 – 17:28 | Avoid |
| Labh | 17:28 – 18:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:58 – 20:28 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 20:28 – 21:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:58 – 23:27 | Good |
| Char | 23:27 – 00:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:57 – 02:27 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 02:27 – 03:57 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 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
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:27 NowMercury
- 11:27 NowMoon
- 12:27 NowSaturn
- 13:27 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:28 NowSun
- 23:27 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:27 NowMercury
- 11:27 NowMoon
- 12:27 NowSaturn
- 13:27 NowJupiter
- 14:27 NowMars
- 15:27 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:27 NowSun
- 23:27 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 04:52 Leo
- 04:52 – 07:02 Virgo
- 07:02 – 09:16 Libra
- 09:16 – 11:32 Scorpio
- 11:32 – 13:37 Sagittarius
- 13:37 – 15:24 Capricorn
- 15:24 – 16:58 Aquarius
- 16:58 – 18:29 Pisces
- 18:29 – 20:09 Aries
- 20:09 – 22:08 Taurus
- 22:08 – 00:21 next day Gemini
- 00:21 – 02:37 next day Cancer
- 02:37 – 04:48 next day Leo
- 04:48 – 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