Kolkata panchang, 18 October 2026
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 12:06 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- Past
- A limb changes
Day
05:35 to 17:08- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:58 – 11:44
- Yamaganda 11:21 – 12:48
- Gulika Kalam 14:14 – 15:41
- Durmuhurta 15:35 – 16:21
- Rahu Kalam 15:41 – 17:08
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
17:08 to 05:35 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:37
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 08:28
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 12:49 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sukarman until 23:56
- Karana Vanija until 08:28, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 19:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:21 – 12:48
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:14 – 15:41
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 15:35 – 16:21
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:41 – 17:08
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 – 19:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:49 – 05:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:35 – 07:01 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:01 – 08:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:28 – 09:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:55 – 11:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:21 – 12:48 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 12:48 – 14:14 | Good |
| Rog | 14:14 – 15:41 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 15:41 – 17:08 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 17:08 – 18:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:41 – 20:14 | Good |
| Char | 20:14 – 21:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:48 – 23:21 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 23:21 – 00:55 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 00:55 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:28 – 04:02 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 04:02 – 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
- 05:35 NowSun
- 06:32 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:12 NowMoon
- 16:10 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:10 NowMars
- 19:12 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
- 05:35 NowSun
- 06:35 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:35 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:35 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:35 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:35 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:35 NowMars
- 02:35 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 05:36 Virgo
- 05:36 – 07:50 Libra
- 07:50 – 10:05 Scorpio
- 10:05 – 12:11 Sagittarius
- 12:11 – 13:58 Capricorn
- 13:58 – 15:31 Aquarius
- 15:31 – 17:02 Pisces
- 17:02 – 18:43 Aries
- 18:43 – 20:41 Taurus
- 20:41 – 22:54 Gemini
- 22:54 – 01:10 next day Cancer
- 01:10 – 03:21 next day Leo
- 03:21 – 05:32 next day Virgo
- 05:32 – 05:35 next day Libra
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