Kolkata panchang, 14 October 2026
Sunrise 05:33 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 08:44 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 17:11- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:00 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam 09:55 – 11:22
- Durmuhurta 10:59 – 11:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:59 – 11:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:22 – 12:49
- 12:17 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:11 to 05:33 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:39 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 01:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 01:13 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 04:03 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ayushman until 20:39
- Karana Vanija until 12:17, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:17 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:39 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 01:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:00 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:22
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 10:59 – 11:45
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:22 – 12:49
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 – 04:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 10:59 – 11:45
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:11 – 19:39
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Narada, quoted in Muhurta Chintamani 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:33 – 04:03 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:33 – 04:03 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 05:33 – 04:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:33 – 07:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:00 – 08:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:27 – 09:55 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 09:55 – 11:22 | Good |
| Rog | 11:22 – 12:49 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 12:49 – 14:16 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:16 – 15:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:44 – 17:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:11 – 18:44 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:44 – 20:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:17 – 21:49 | Good |
| Char | 21:49 – 23:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:22 – 00:55 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 00:55 – 02:28 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 02:28 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:01 – 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 NowMercury
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:22 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:22 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:33 NowMercury
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:33 NowMercury
- 13:33 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:33 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:33 NowJupiter
- 23:33 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSun
- 01:33 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:33 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 05:51 Virgo
- 05:51 – 08:05 Libra
- 08:05 – 10:21 Scorpio
- 10:21 – 12:26 Sagittarius
- 12:26 – 14:13 Capricorn
- 14:13 – 15:47 Aquarius
- 15:47 – 17:18 Pisces
- 17:18 – 18:58 Aries
- 18:58 – 20:57 Taurus
- 20:57 – 23:10 Gemini
- 23:10 – 01:26 next day Cancer
- 01:26 – 03:37 next day Leo
- 03:37 – 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