Kolkata panchang, 9 October 2026
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 04:04 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 17:15- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:59 – 08:27
- Durmuhurta 07:52 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam 09:55 – 11:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:00 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta 11:47 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 14:19 – 15:47
- 09:53 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
17:15 to 05:31 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:43
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 21:36 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 21:36 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 23:20 Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 21:36
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 21:19 · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 23:20
- Karana Vishti until 09:53, then Shakuni
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:53 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 21:36 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 21:36 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 23:20 Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:16 – 03:18
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:59 – 08:27
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 07:52 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:23
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:47 – 12:34
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:19 – 15:47
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 17:15 – 19:43
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:31 – 06:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:59 – 08:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:27 – 09:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:55 – 11:23 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 11:23 – 12:51 | Good |
| Rog | 12:51 – 14:19 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 14:19 – 15:47 | Avoid |
| Char | 15:47 – 17:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:15 – 18:47 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:47 – 20:19 | Avoid |
| Labh | 20:19 – 21:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:51 – 23:23 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 23:23 – 00:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:55 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:27 – 03:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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
- 05:31 NowVenus
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowVenus
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:01 Leo
- 04:01 – 06:11 Virgo
- 06:11 – 08:25 Libra
- 08:25 – 10:41 Scorpio
- 10:41 – 12:46 Sagittarius
- 12:46 – 14:33 Capricorn
- 14:33 – 16:06 Aquarius
- 16:06 – 17:38 Pisces
- 17:38 – 19:18 Aries
- 19:18 – 21:17 Taurus
- 21:17 – 23:30 Gemini
- 23:30 – 01:46 next day Cancer
- 01:46 – 03:57 next day Leo
- 03:57 – 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