Kolkata panchang, 19 October 2026
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 12:47 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:35 to 17:07- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:02 – 08:28
- Yamaganda 09:54 – 11:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:58 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:30
- Gulika Kalam 12:47 – 14:14
- Durmuhurta 14:02 – 14:48
- 10:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 10:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:38 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
17:07 to 05:36 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:37
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 10:52
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 15:38 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhriti until 00:35 next day
- Karana Bava until 10:52, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 10:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:38 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 23:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:02 – 08:28
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:21
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:30
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:47 – 14:14
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:02 – 14:48
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:35 – 02:35 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 05:35 – 08:58
- Kana Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 08:58 – 17:25
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 17:07 – 19:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:38 – 05:36 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 15:38 – 05:36 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 17:25 – 05:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:35 – 07:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:02 – 08:28 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 08:28 – 09:54 | Good |
| Rog | 09:54 – 11:21 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 11:21 – 12:47 | Avoid |
| Char | 12:47 – 14:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:14 – 15:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:40 – 17:07 | Good |
| Char | 17:07 – 18:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:40 – 20:14 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 20:14 – 21:48 | Avoid |
| Labh | 21:48 – 23:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:21 – 00:55 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 00:55 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:28 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:02 – 05:36 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:33 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:21 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 16:09 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:09 NowMercury
- 19:12 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:21 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:24 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:31 NowSaturn
- 04:33 NowJupiter
- 05:35 NowMoon
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:35 NowMercury
- 12:35 NowMoon
- 13:35 NowSaturn
- 14:35 NowJupiter
- 15:35 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:35 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:35 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:35 NowJupiter
- 22:35 NowMars
- 23:35 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:35 NowVenus
- 01:35 NowMercury
- 02:35 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:35 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 05:32 Virgo
- 05:32 – 07:46 Libra
- 07:46 – 10:01 Scorpio
- 10:01 – 12:07 Sagittarius
- 12:07 – 13:54 Capricorn
- 13:54 – 15:27 Aquarius
- 15:27 – 16:58 Pisces
- 16:58 – 18:39 Aries
- 18:39 – 20:37 Taurus
- 20:37 – 22:51 Gemini
- 22:51 – 01:06 next day Cancer
- 01:06 – 03:18 next day Leo
- 03:18 – 05:28 next day Virgo
- 05:28 – 05:36 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