Kolkata panchang, 6 October 2026
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 01:07 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 17:18- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:52 – 08:39
- Yamaganda 08:27 – 09:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:00 – 11:48
- Gulika Kalam 11:24 – 12:53
- Rahu Kalam 14:21 – 15:50
- 07:20 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 13:19 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:18 to 05:30 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:18 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:17 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 22:17 Moon enters Leo
- 00:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:35 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:00 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 00:35 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 22:17 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddha until 07:20
- Karana Bava until 13:19, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:20 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 13:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:17 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 22:17 Moon enters Leo
- 00:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:35 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:00 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 07:52 – 08:39
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:56
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:24 – 12:53
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:21 – 15:50
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. 03:53 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:00 – 11:48
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:18 – 19:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:30 – 22:17
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:30 – 06:59 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:59 – 08:27 | Avoid |
| Char | 08:27 – 09:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:56 – 11:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:24 – 12:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:53 – 14:21 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 14:21 – 15:50 | Good |
| Rog | 15:50 – 17:18 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 17:18 – 18:50 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:50 – 20:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:21 – 21:53 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 21:53 – 23:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:24 – 00:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:56 – 02:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:27 – 03:59 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 03:59 – 05:30 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
- 05:30 NowMars
- 06:29 NowSun
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:25 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:23 NowMars
- 13:22 NowSun
- 14:21 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:21 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:23 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:29 NowVenus
- 05:30 NowMars
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:30 NowSaturn
- 11:30 NowJupiter
- 12:30 NowMars
- 13:30 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:30 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:13 Leo
- 04:13 – 06:23 Virgo
- 06:23 – 08:37 Libra
- 08:37 – 10:53 Scorpio
- 10:53 – 12:58 Sagittarius
- 12:58 – 14:45 Capricorn
- 14:45 – 16:18 Aquarius
- 16:18 – 17:49 Pisces
- 17:49 – 19:30 Aries
- 19:30 – 21:28 Taurus
- 21:28 – 23:42 Gemini
- 23:42 – 01:57 next day Cancer
- 01:57 – 04:09 next day Leo
- 04:09 – 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