Kolkata panchang, 7 October 2026
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 02:09 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 17:17- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:59 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam 09:55 – 11:24
- Durmuhurta 11:00 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:00 – 11:47 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:24 – 12:52
- 11:54 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:17 to 05:31 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:17 – 19:44
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:40 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 23:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 23:17
- Nakshatra Magha until 21:40 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shubha until 02:52 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 11:54, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:40 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 23:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:59 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:24
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:00 – 11:47
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:24 – 12:52
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 06:11 next day Muhurta Chintamani 1.34, commentary p. 30 05:11 – 05:31 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. 03:53 – 04:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:00 – 11:47
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:17 – 19:44
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:30 – 23:17
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:30 – 06:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:59 – 08:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:27 – 09:55 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 09:55 – 11:24 | Good |
| Rog | 11:24 – 12:52 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 12:52 – 14:20 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:20 – 15:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:49 – 17:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:17 – 18:49 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:49 – 20:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:21 – 21:52 | Good |
| Char | 21:52 – 23:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:24 – 00:56 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 00:56 – 02:27 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 02:27 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:59 – 05:31 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 NowMercury
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:22 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:24 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:30 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:09 Leo
- 04:09 – 06:19 Virgo
- 06:19 – 08:33 Libra
- 08:33 – 10:49 Scorpio
- 10:49 – 12:54 Sagittarius
- 12:54 – 14:41 Capricorn
- 14:41 – 16:14 Aquarius
- 16:14 – 17:45 Pisces
- 17:45 – 19:26 Aries
- 19:26 – 21:24 Taurus
- 21:24 – 23:38 Gemini
- 23:38 – 01:53 next day Cancer
- 01:53 – 04:05 next day Leo
- 04:05 – 05:31 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