Kolkata panchang, 3 October 2026
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 22:57 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 17:21- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:29 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta 05:29 – 06:17
- Durmuhurta 06:17 – 07:04
- Rahu Kalam 08:27 – 09:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:01 – 11:49
- Yamaganda 12:54 – 14:23
- 08:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:21 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
17:21 to 05:29 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:21 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 08:00
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:29 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Variyan until 15:21
- Karana Bava until 08:00, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:21 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 18:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 05:29 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 05:29 – 06:17
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:17 – 07:04
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:56
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:54 – 14:23
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:21 – 01:57 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 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:01 – 11:49
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:21 – 19:47
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:29 – 06:58 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:58 – 08:27 | Good |
| Rog | 08:27 – 09:56 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 09:56 – 11:25 | Avoid |
| Char | 11:25 – 12:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:54 – 14:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:23 – 15:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:52 – 17:21 | Avoid |
| Labh | 17:21 – 18:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:52 – 20:23 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 20:23 – 21:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:54 – 23:25 | Good |
| Char | 23:25 – 00:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:56 – 02:27 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 02:27 – 03:58 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 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
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowJupiter
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:26 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:24 NowSaturn
- 13:24 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:22 NowVenus
- 17:21 NowMercury
- 18:22 NowMoon
- 19:22 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:25 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:29 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:29 NowMercury
- 11:29 NowMoon
- 12:29 NowSaturn
- 13:29 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:29 NowMercury
- 18:29 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:29 NowMars
- 22:29 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:29 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:24 Leo
- 04:24 – 06:35 Virgo
- 06:35 – 08:49 Libra
- 08:49 – 11:04 Scorpio
- 11:04 – 13:10 Sagittarius
- 13:10 – 14:57 Capricorn
- 14:57 – 16:30 Aquarius
- 16:30 – 18:01 Pisces
- 18:01 – 19:42 Aries
- 19:42 – 21:40 Taurus
- 21:40 – 23:53 Gemini
- 23:53 – 02:09 next day Cancer
- 02:09 – 04:20 next day Leo
- 04:20 – 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