Kolkata panchang, 4 October 2026
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 17:20 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 17:20- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:01 – 11:48
- Yamaganda 11:25 – 12:54
- Gulika Kalam 14:22 – 15:51
- Durmuhurta 15:45 – 16:33
- Rahu Kalam 15:51 – 17:20
- 05:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:32 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 16:51 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:20 to 05:30 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:20 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:32 Moon enters Cancer
- 00:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 05:52
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 00:14 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 12:32
- Karana Kaulava until 05:52, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 05:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:32 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 16:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:32 Moon enters Cancer
- 00:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:25 – 12:54
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:22 – 15:51
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 15:45 – 16:33
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:51 – 17:20
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 – 11:48
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:20 – 19:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:14 – 05:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:29 – 06:58 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:58 – 08:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:27 – 09:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:56 – 11:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:25 – 12:54 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 12:54 – 14:22 | Good |
| Rog | 14:22 – 15:51 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 15:51 – 17:20 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 17:20 – 18:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:51 – 20:22 | Good |
| Char | 20:22 – 21:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:54 – 23:25 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 23:25 – 00:56 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 00:56 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:27 – 03:59 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 03:59 – 05:30 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 NowSun
- 06:29 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:25 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:29 NowSun
- 06:29 NowVenus
- 07:29 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:29 NowMars
- 12:29 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:29 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:29 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:20 Leo
- 04:20 – 06:31 Virgo
- 06:31 – 08:45 Libra
- 08:45 – 11:00 Scorpio
- 11:00 – 13:06 Sagittarius
- 13:06 – 14:53 Capricorn
- 14:53 – 16:26 Aquarius
- 16:26 – 17:57 Pisces
- 17:57 – 19:38 Aries
- 19:38 – 21:36 Taurus
- 21:36 – 23:50 Gemini
- 23:50 – 02:05 next day Cancer
- 02:05 – 04:17 next day Leo
- 04:17 – 05:30 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