Kolkata panchang, 12 October 2026
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 06:51 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:32 to 17:13- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:00 – 08:27
- Yamaganda 09:55 – 11:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:59 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta 11:46 – 12:32
- Gulika Kalam 12:50 – 14:18
- Durmuhurta 14:06 – 14:53
- 09:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:13 to 05:33 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:41
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:32 Yoga becomes Priti
- 22:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:52 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 22:13
- Nakshatra Swati until 23:52 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 20:32
- Karana Balava until 09:48, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:32 Yoga becomes Priti
- 22:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:52 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:00 – 08:27
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:22
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:46 – 12:32
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:50 – 14:18
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:06 – 14:53
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. 03:54 – 04:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 10:59 – 11:46
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:13 – 19:41
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:32 – 07:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:00 – 08:27 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 08:27 – 09:55 | Good |
| Rog | 09:55 – 11:22 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 11:22 – 12:50 | Avoid |
| Char | 12:50 – 14:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:18 – 15:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:45 – 17:13 | Good |
| Char | 17:13 – 18:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:45 – 20:18 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 20:18 – 21:50 | Avoid |
| Labh | 21:50 – 23:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:23 – 00:55 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 00:55 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:28 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:00 – 05:33 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
- 05:32 NowMoon
- 06:31 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:24 NowVenus
- 11:22 NowMercury
- 12:21 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:21 NowMars
- 23:23 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:24 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:32 NowMoon
- 06:32 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:32 NowMercury
- 12:32 NowMoon
- 13:32 NowSaturn
- 14:32 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:32 NowMoon
- 20:32 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:32 NowMars
- 23:32 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 05:59 Virgo
- 05:59 – 08:13 Libra
- 08:13 – 10:29 Scorpio
- 10:29 – 12:34 Sagittarius
- 12:34 – 14:21 Capricorn
- 14:21 – 15:55 Aquarius
- 15:55 – 17:26 Pisces
- 17:26 – 19:06 Aries
- 19:06 – 21:05 Taurus
- 21:05 – 23:18 Gemini
- 23:18 – 01:34 next day Cancer
- 01:34 – 03:45 next day Leo
- 03:45 – 05:33 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