Kolkata panchang, 5 October 2026
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 00:03 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:30 to 17:19- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:58 – 08:27
- Yamaganda 09:56 – 11:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:01 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:35
- Gulika Kalam 12:53 – 14:22
- Durmuhurta 14:10 – 14:57
- 09:51 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 14:59 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:19 to 05:30 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:19 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:08 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 02:08 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 02:08 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 23:09 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shiva until 09:51
- Karana Vanija until 14:59, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:51 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 14:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:08 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 02:08 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:58 – 08:27
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:56 – 11:24
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:35
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:53 – 14:22
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:10 – 14:57
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:59 – 02:08 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 – 11:48
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:19 – 19:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:30 – 23:09
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:30 – 06:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:58 – 08:27 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 08:27 – 09:56 | Good |
| Rog | 09:56 – 11:24 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 11:24 – 12:53 | Avoid |
| Char | 12:53 – 14:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:22 – 15:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:50 – 17:19 | Good |
| Char | 17:19 – 18:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:50 – 20:22 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 20:22 – 21:53 | Avoid |
| Labh | 21:53 – 23:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:25 – 00:56 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 00:56 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:27 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:59 – 05:30 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:30 NowMoon
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:24 NowMercury
- 12:23 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:22 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:22 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:24 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:30 NowMoon
- 13:30 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:30 NowMars
- 23:30 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:30 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:17 Leo
- 04:17 – 06:27 Virgo
- 06:27 – 08:41 Libra
- 08:41 – 10:57 Scorpio
- 10:57 – 13:02 Sagittarius
- 13:02 – 14:49 Capricorn
- 14:49 – 16:22 Aquarius
- 16:22 – 17:53 Pisces
- 17:53 – 19:34 Aries
- 19:34 – 21:32 Taurus
- 21:32 – 23:46 Gemini
- 23:46 – 02:01 next day Cancer
- 02:01 – 04:13 next day Leo
- 04:13 – 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