Kolkata panchang, 17 October 2026
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 11:21 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 17:08- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:34 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta 05:34 – 06:21
- Durmuhurta 06:21 – 07:07
- Rahu Kalam 08:28 – 09:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:58 – 11:44
- Yamaganda 12:48 – 14:15
- 05:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 09:47 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
17:08 to 05:35 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:02 Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 05:54
- Nakshatra Mula until 09:47 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Atiganda until 23:02
- Karana Taitila until 05:54, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 05:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 09:47 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 19:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:02 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 05:34 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 05:34 – 06:21
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:21 – 07:07
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:55
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:48 – 14:15
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 – 04:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 10:58 – 11:44
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:08 – 19:38
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 05:34 – 09:47
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:34 – 07:01 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:01 – 08:28 | Good |
| Rog | 08:28 – 09:55 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 09:55 – 11:21 | Avoid |
| Char | 11:21 – 12:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:48 – 14:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:15 – 15:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:42 – 17:08 | Avoid |
| Labh | 17:08 – 18:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:42 – 20:15 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 20:15 – 21:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:48 – 23:22 | Good |
| Char | 23:22 – 00:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:55 – 02:28 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 02:28 – 04:01 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 04:01 – 05:35 next day | Good |
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 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:23 NowMercury
- 11:21 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:13 NowSun
- 16:11 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:11 NowMoon
- 19:13 NowSaturn
- 20:15 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:22 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:30 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:34 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:34 NowMoon
- 12:34 NowSaturn
- 13:34 NowJupiter
- 14:34 NowMars
- 15:34 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:34 NowMars
- 22:34 NowSun
- 23:34 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMercury
- 01:34 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:34 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 05:39 Virgo
- 05:39 – 07:54 Libra
- 07:54 – 10:09 Scorpio
- 10:09 – 12:15 Sagittarius
- 12:15 – 14:02 Capricorn
- 14:02 – 15:35 Aquarius
- 15:35 – 17:06 Pisces
- 17:06 – 18:47 Aries
- 18:47 – 20:45 Taurus
- 20:45 – 22:58 Gemini
- 22:58 – 01:14 next day Cancer
- 01:14 – 03:25 next day Leo
- 03:25 – 05:35 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