Kolkata panchang, 21 October 2026
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 13:59 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 17:05- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:02 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam 09:54 – 11:21
- Durmuhurta 10:58 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:58 – 11:44 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:21 – 12:47
- 07:00 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:12 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:05 to 05:36 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:35
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:48 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:33 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 14:12
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 19:48 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ganda until 00:33 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:12, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:00 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:48 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:33 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:02 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:21
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 10:58 – 11:44
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:21 – 12:47
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:36 – 14:48 next day
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 05:36 – 19:48
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 20:08 Muhurta Chintamani 1.34, commentary p. 30 19:03 – 21:12
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:05 – 19:35
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 05:36 – 19:48
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:36 – 07:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:02 – 08:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:28 – 09:54 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 09:54 – 11:21 | Good |
| Rog | 11:21 – 12:47 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 12:47 – 14:13 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:13 – 15:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:39 – 17:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:05 – 18:39 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:39 – 20:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:13 – 21:47 | Good |
| Char | 21:47 – 23:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:21 – 00:55 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 00:55 – 02:29 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 02:29 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:03 – 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 NowMercury
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:34 NowSaturn
- 05:36 NowMercury
- 06:36 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:36 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:36 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:36 NowSaturn
- 15:36 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:36 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:36 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:36 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:36 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 05:24 Virgo
- 05:24 – 07:38 Libra
- 07:38 – 09:54 Scorpio
- 09:54 – 11:59 Sagittarius
- 11:59 – 13:46 Capricorn
- 13:46 – 15:19 Aquarius
- 15:19 – 16:50 Pisces
- 16:50 – 18:31 Aries
- 18:31 – 20:29 Taurus
- 20:29 – 22:43 Gemini
- 22:43 – 00:58 next day Cancer
- 00:58 – 03:10 next day Leo
- 03:10 – 05:20 next day Virgo
- 05:20 – 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