Kolkata panchang, 16 October 2026
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 10:32 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:34 to 17:09- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:01 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta 07:53 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam 09:55 – 11:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:58 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta 11:45 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 14:15 – 15:42
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:47 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:38 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:09 to 05:34 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 05:54 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 06:47 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shobhana until 22:05
- Karana Kaulava until 16:38, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:47 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:01 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 07:53 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:22
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:45 – 12:31
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:15 – 15:42
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:05 – 00:29 next day
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 05:34 – 06:47
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. 03:55 – 04:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 10:58 – 11:45
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:09 – 19:38
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:34 – 05:34 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:47 – 05:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:34 – 07:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:01 – 08:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:28 – 09:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:55 – 11:22 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 11:22 – 12:48 | Good |
| Rog | 12:48 – 14:15 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 14:15 – 15:42 | Avoid |
| Char | 15:42 – 17:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:09 – 18:42 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:42 – 20:15 | Avoid |
| Labh | 20:15 – 21:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:49 – 23:22 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 23:22 – 00:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:55 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:28 – 04:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:01 – 05:34 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
- 05:34 NowVenus
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowVenus
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:34 NowVenus
- 13:34 NowMercury
- 14:34 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 05:43 Virgo
- 05:43 – 07:58 Libra
- 07:58 – 10:13 Scorpio
- 10:13 – 12:19 Sagittarius
- 12:19 – 14:05 Capricorn
- 14:05 – 15:39 Aquarius
- 15:39 – 17:10 Pisces
- 17:10 – 18:51 Aries
- 18:51 – 20:49 Taurus
- 20:49 – 23:02 Gemini
- 23:02 – 01:18 next day Cancer
- 01:18 – 03:29 next day Leo
- 03:29 – 05:34 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