Kolkata panchang, 13 October 2026
Sunrise 05:33 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 07:47 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:33 to 17:12- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:52 – 08:39
- Yamaganda 08:27 – 09:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:59 – 11:46
- Gulika Kalam 11:22 – 12:50
- Rahu Kalam 14:17 – 15:44
- 10:46 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:12 to 05:33 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:12 Moon enters Scorpio
- 20:23 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 23:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 23:28
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 01:43 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Priti until 20:23
- Karana Taitila until 10:46, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:46 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:12 Moon enters Scorpio
- 20:23 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 23:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
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 – 09:55
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:22 – 12:50
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:17 – 15:44
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 17:12 – 19:40
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:33 – 23:28
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 01:43 – 05:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:33 – 07:00 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:00 – 08:27 | Avoid |
| Char | 08:27 – 09:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:55 – 11:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:22 – 12:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:50 – 14:17 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 14:17 – 15:44 | Good |
| Rog | 15:44 – 17:12 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 17:12 – 18:44 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:44 – 20:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:17 – 21:50 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 21:50 – 23:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:22 – 00:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:55 – 02:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:28 – 04:00 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 04:00 – 05:33 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
- 05:33 NowMars
- 06:31 NowSun
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:24 NowSaturn
- 11:22 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:21 NowMercury
- 23:22 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:31 NowVenus
- 05:33 NowMars
- 06:33 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:33 NowMercury
- 09:33 NowMoon
- 10:33 NowSaturn
- 11:33 NowJupiter
- 12:33 NowMars
- 13:33 NowSun
- 14:33 NowVenus
- 15:33 NowMercury
- 16:33 NowMoon
- 17:33 NowSaturn
- 18:33 NowJupiter
- 19:33 NowMars
- 20:33 NowSun
- 21:33 NowVenus
- 22:33 NowMercury
- 23:33 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSaturn
- 01:33 NowJupiter
- 02:33 NowMars
- 03:33 NowSun
- 04:33 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 05:55 Virgo
- 05:55 – 08:09 Libra
- 08:09 – 10:25 Scorpio
- 10:25 – 12:30 Sagittarius
- 12:30 – 14:17 Capricorn
- 14:17 – 15:51 Aquarius
- 15:51 – 17:22 Pisces
- 17:22 – 19:02 Aries
- 19:02 – 21:01 Taurus
- 21:01 – 23:14 Gemini
- 23:14 – 01:30 next day Cancer
- 01:30 – 03:41 next day Leo
- 03:41 – 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