Kolkata panchang, 30 September 2026
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 19:55 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:28 to 17:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:58 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam 09:56 – 11:26
- Durmuhurta 11:02 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:02 – 11:50 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:26 – 12:55
- 07:36 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 13:13 Moon enters Taurus
- 14:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:24 to 05:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:24 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:20 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 14:55
- Nakshatra Bharani until 07:36 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vajra until 00:20 next day
- Karana Balava until 14:55, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:36 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 13:13 Moon enters Taurus
- 14:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:20 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:20 – 04:32
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:58 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:56 – 11:26
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:02 – 11:50
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:26 – 12:55
- Kana Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 05:28 – 07:36
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. 03:52 – 04:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:02 – 11:50
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:24 – 19:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:36 – 05:28 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 07:36 – 05:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:28 – 06:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:58 – 08:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:27 – 09:56 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 09:56 – 11:26 | Good |
| Rog | 11:26 – 12:55 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 12:55 – 14:25 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:25 – 15:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:54 – 17:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:24 – 18:54 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:54 – 20:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:25 – 21:56 | Good |
| Char | 21:56 – 23:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:26 – 00:57 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 00:57 – 02:27 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 02:27 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:58 – 05:28 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
- 05:28 NowMercury
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:26 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowMercury
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:36 Leo
- 04:36 – 06:46 Virgo
- 06:46 – 09:00 Libra
- 09:00 – 11:16 Scorpio
- 11:16 – 13:21 Sagittarius
- 13:21 – 15:08 Capricorn
- 15:08 – 16:42 Aquarius
- 16:42 – 18:13 Pisces
- 18:13 – 19:54 Aries
- 19:54 – 21:52 Taurus
- 21:52 – 00:05 next day Gemini
- 00:05 – 02:21 next day Cancer
- 02:21 – 04:32 next day Leo
- 04:32 – 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