Kolkata panchang, 8 October 2026
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 03:07 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:31 to 17:16- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:31 – 06:59
- Gulika Kalam 08:27 – 09:55
- Durmuhurta 09:26 – 10:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:00 – 11:47
- Rahu Kalam 12:52 – 14:20
- Durmuhurta 14:08 – 14:55
- 10:44 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:16 to 05:31 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:43
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 22:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:58 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:18 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:16
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 21:20 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 00:58 next day
- Karana Gara until 10:44, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:44 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:20 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 22:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:58 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:18 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 05:31 – 06:59
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:55
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 09:26 – 10:13
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:20
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:08 – 14:55
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:16 – 03:18 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 06:11 Muhurta Chintamani 1.34, commentary p. 30 05:31 – 07:12
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 21:20 – 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 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 17:16 – 19:43
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:31 – 06:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:59 – 08:27 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 08:27 – 09:55 | Avoid |
| Char | 09:55 – 11:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:24 – 12:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:52 – 14:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:20 – 15:48 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 15:48 – 17:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:16 – 18:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:48 – 20:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:20 – 21:52 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 21:52 – 23:24 | Avoid |
| Labh | 23:24 – 00:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:56 – 02:27 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 02:27 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:59 – 05:31 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
- 05:31 NowJupiter
- 06:30 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:25 NowMoon
- 11:24 NowSaturn
- 12:22 NowJupiter
- 13:21 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:20 NowMars
- 21:21 NowSun
- 22:22 NowVenus
- 23:24 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:27 NowJupiter
- 03:29 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
- 05:31 NowJupiter
- 06:31 NowMars
- 07:31 NowSun
- 08:31 NowVenus
- 09:31 NowMercury
- 10:31 NowMoon
- 11:31 NowSaturn
- 12:31 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:31 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:31 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:31 NowSaturn
- 19:31 NowJupiter
- 20:31 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:31 NowVenus
- 23:31 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMoon
- 01:31 NowSaturn
- 02:31 NowJupiter
- 03:31 NowMars
- 04:31 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:05 Leo
- 04:05 – 06:15 Virgo
- 06:15 – 08:29 Libra
- 08:29 – 10:45 Scorpio
- 10:45 – 12:50 Sagittarius
- 12:50 – 14:37 Capricorn
- 14:37 – 16:10 Aquarius
- 16:10 – 17:41 Pisces
- 17:41 – 19:22 Aries
- 19:22 – 21:20 Taurus
- 21:20 – 23:34 Gemini
- 23:34 – 01:49 next day Cancer
- 01:49 – 04:01 next day Leo
- 04:01 – 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