Kolkata panchang, 2 October 2026
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 21:52 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:29 to 17:22- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:58 – 08:27
- Durmuhurta 07:51 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam 09:56 – 11:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:02 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:37
- Yamaganda 14:24 – 15:53
- 10:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 10:15 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:40 Moon enters Gemini
Night
17:22 to 05:29 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:22 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:17 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 21:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 10:15
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 02:55 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:17
- Karana Vanija until 10:15, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 10:15 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:40 Moon enters Gemini
- 18:17 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 21:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:58 – 08:27
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 07:51 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:56 – 11:25
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:37
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:24 – 15:53
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 17:22 – 19:47
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 05:29 – 02:55 next day
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:29 – 10:15
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:29 – 06:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:58 – 08:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:27 – 09:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:56 – 11:25 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 11:25 – 12:54 | Good |
| Rog | 12:54 – 14:24 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 14:24 – 15:53 | Avoid |
| Char | 15:53 – 17:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:22 – 18:53 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:53 – 20:24 | Avoid |
| Labh | 20:24 – 21:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:55 – 23:25 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 23:25 – 00:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:56 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:27 – 03:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:58 – 05:29 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
- 05:29 NowVenus
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowVenus
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:28 Leo
- 04:28 – 06:38 Virgo
- 06:38 – 08:53 Libra
- 08:53 – 11:08 Scorpio
- 11:08 – 13:14 Sagittarius
- 13:14 – 15:01 Capricorn
- 15:01 – 16:34 Aquarius
- 16:34 – 18:05 Pisces
- 18:05 – 19:46 Aries
- 19:46 – 21:44 Taurus
- 21:44 – 23:57 Gemini
- 23:57 – 02:13 next day Cancer
- 02:13 – 04:24 next day Leo
- 04:24 – 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