Kolkata panchang, 28 September 2026
Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 18:24 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 17:26- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:57 – 08:27
- Yamaganda 09:57 – 11:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:03 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta 11:51 – 12:38
- Gulika Kalam 12:56 – 14:26
- Durmuhurta 14:14 – 15:02
- 08:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:53 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 10:16 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 10:16 Moon enters Aries
Night
17:26 to 05:28 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:26 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 19:14 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 19:14
- Nakshatra Revati until 10:16 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhruva until 08:53
- Karana Taitila until 08:09, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:53 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 10:16 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 10:16 Moon enters Aries
- 19:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 19:14 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:57 – 08:27
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:53 – 12:29
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:57 – 11:27
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:51 – 12:38
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:56 – 14:26
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:14 – 15:02
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 17:26 – 19:50
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:27 – 06:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:57 – 08:27 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 08:27 – 09:57 | Good |
| Rog | 09:57 – 11:27 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 11:27 – 12:56 | Avoid |
| Char | 12:56 – 14:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:26 – 15:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:56 – 17:26 | Good |
| Char | 17:26 – 18:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:56 – 20:26 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 20:26 – 21:57 | Avoid |
| Labh | 21:57 – 23:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:27 – 00:57 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 00:57 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:27 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:58 – 05:28 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
- 05:27 NowMoon
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:27 NowVenus
- 11:27 NowMercury
- 12:26 NowMoon
- 13:26 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:27 NowMars
- 23:27 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:27 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:27 NowMoon
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:27 NowVenus
- 11:27 NowMercury
- 12:27 NowMoon
- 13:27 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:27 NowMars
- 23:27 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:27 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 04:44 Leo
- 04:44 – 06:54 Virgo
- 06:54 – 09:08 Libra
- 09:08 – 11:24 Scorpio
- 11:24 – 13:29 Sagittarius
- 13:29 – 15:16 Capricorn
- 15:16 – 16:50 Aquarius
- 16:50 – 18:21 Pisces
- 18:21 – 20:01 Aries
- 20:01 – 22:00 Taurus
- 22:00 – 00:13 next day Gemini
- 00:13 – 02:29 next day Cancer
- 02:29 – 04:40 next day Leo
- 04:40 – 05:28 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