Kolkata panchang, 1 October 2026
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 20:50 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 17:23- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:28 – 06:58
- Gulika Kalam 08:27 – 09:56
- Durmuhurta 09:27 – 10:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:02 – 11:49
- Rahu Kalam 12:55 – 14:24
- Durmuhurta 14:12 – 15:00
- 06:02 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 12:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 12:35 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:23 to 05:29 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:23 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 23:25 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 12:35
- Nakshatra Krittika until 06:02 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddhi until 21:18
- Karana Taitila until 12:35, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:02 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 12:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 12:35 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 23:25 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 05:28 – 06:58
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:56
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 09:27 – 10:14
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:55 – 14:24
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:12 – 15:00
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:18 – 18:17 next day
- Utpata Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 06:02 – 04:27 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 04:27 – 05:29 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. 03:52 – 04:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:02 – 11:49
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:23 – 19:48
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:28 – 12:35
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 04:27 – 05:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:28 – 06:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:58 – 08:27 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 08:27 – 09:56 | Avoid |
| Char | 09:56 – 11:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:26 – 12:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:55 – 14:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:24 – 15:54 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 15:54 – 17:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:23 – 18:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:54 – 20:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:24 – 21:55 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 21:55 – 23:26 | Avoid |
| Labh | 23:26 – 00:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:57 – 02:27 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 02:27 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:58 – 05:29 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
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:28 NowMars
- 07:27 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:26 NowMoon
- 11:26 NowSaturn
- 12:25 NowJupiter
- 13:25 NowMars
- 14:24 NowSun
- 15:24 NowVenus
- 16:23 NowMercury
- 17:23 NowMoon
- 18:23 NowSaturn
- 19:24 NowJupiter
- 20:24 NowMars
- 21:25 NowSun
- 22:25 NowVenus
- 23:26 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:27 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:28 NowSun
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:28 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:28 NowMoon
- 11:28 NowSaturn
- 12:28 NowJupiter
- 13:28 NowMars
- 14:28 NowSun
- 15:28 NowVenus
- 16:28 NowMercury
- 17:28 NowMoon
- 18:28 NowSaturn
- 19:28 NowJupiter
- 20:28 NowMars
- 21:28 NowSun
- 22:28 NowVenus
- 23:28 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMoon
- 01:28 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:28 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:32 Leo
- 04:32 – 06:42 Virgo
- 06:42 – 08:57 Libra
- 08:57 – 11:12 Scorpio
- 11:12 – 13:18 Sagittarius
- 13:18 – 15:04 Capricorn
- 15:04 – 16:38 Aquarius
- 16:38 – 18:09 Pisces
- 18:09 – 19:50 Aries
- 19:50 – 21:48 Taurus
- 21:48 – 00:01 next day Gemini
- 00:01 – 02:17 next day Cancer
- 02:17 – 04:28 next day Leo
- 04:28 – 05:29 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