Kolkata panchang, 20 October 2026
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 13:24 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:36 to 17:06- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:54 – 08:40
- Yamaganda 08:28 – 09:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:58 – 11:44
- Gulika Kalam 11:21 – 12:47
- Rahu Kalam 14:13 – 15:40
- 12:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 12:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:06 to 05:36 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:36
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:02 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 00:50 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 01:36 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 12:50
- Nakshatra Shravana until 18:02 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shula until 00:50 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:50, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 12:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:02 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 00:50 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 01:36 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 07:54 – 08:40
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:54
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:21 – 12:47
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:13 – 15:40
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:50 – 03:14 next day
- Utpata Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 18:02 – 05:36 next day
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. 03:56 – 04:46
- 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 17:06 – 19:36
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 05:36 – 05:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:36 – 07:02 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:02 – 08:28 | Avoid |
| Char | 08:28 – 09:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:54 – 11:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:21 – 12:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:47 – 14:13 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 14:13 – 15:40 | Good |
| Rog | 15:40 – 17:06 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 17:06 – 18:40 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:40 – 20:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:13 – 21:47 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 21:47 – 23:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:21 – 00:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:55 – 02:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:28 – 04:02 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 04:02 – 05:36 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
- 05:36 NowMars
- 06:33 NowSun
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:23 NowSaturn
- 11:21 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:13 NowVenus
- 15:11 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:06 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:11 NowMars
- 20:13 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:21 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:31 NowSun
- 04:33 NowVenus
- 05:36 NowMars
- 06:36 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:36 NowMercury
- 09:36 NowMoon
- 10:36 NowSaturn
- 11:36 NowJupiter
- 12:36 NowMars
- 13:36 NowSun
- 14:36 NowVenus
- 15:36 NowMercury
- 16:36 NowMoon
- 17:36 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:36 NowMars
- 20:36 NowSun
- 21:36 NowVenus
- 22:36 NowMercury
- 23:36 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSaturn
- 01:36 NowJupiter
- 02:36 NowMars
- 03:36 NowSun
- 04:36 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 05:28 Virgo
- 05:28 – 07:42 Libra
- 07:42 – 09:58 Scorpio
- 09:58 – 12:03 Sagittarius
- 12:03 – 13:50 Capricorn
- 13:50 – 15:23 Aquarius
- 15:23 – 16:54 Pisces
- 16:54 – 18:35 Aries
- 18:35 – 20:33 Taurus
- 20:33 – 22:47 Gemini
- 22:47 – 01:02 next day Cancer
- 01:02 – 03:14 next day Leo
- 03:14 – 05:24 next day Virgo
- 05:24 – 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