Kolkata panchang, 23 October 2026
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 17:04 Moonrise 15:06 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:37 to 17:04- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:03 – 08:29
- Durmuhurta 07:54 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam 09:54 – 11:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:57 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 14:12 – 15:38
- 14:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 14:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:04 Moon enters Pisces
Night
17:04 to 05:37 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:04 – 19:34
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 22:08 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 02:12 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 14:36
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 21:03 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhruva until 22:08
- Karana Balava until 14:36, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 14:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 14:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:04 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 22:08 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 02:12 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:03 – 08:29
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 07:54 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:20
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:29
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:12 – 15:38
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:08 – 01:44 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. 03:57 – 04:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 10:57 – 11:43
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:04 – 19:34
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 21:03 – 05:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:37 – 07:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:03 – 08:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:29 – 09:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:54 – 11:20 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 11:20 – 12:46 | Good |
| Rog | 12:46 – 14:12 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 14:12 – 15:38 | Avoid |
| Char | 15:38 – 17:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:04 – 18:38 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:38 – 20:12 | Avoid |
| Labh | 20:12 – 21:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:46 – 23:21 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 23:21 – 00:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:55 – 02:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:29 – 04:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:03 – 05:37 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
- 05:37 NowVenus
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowVenus
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:37 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:37 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 05:16 Virgo
- 05:16 – 07:30 Libra
- 07:30 – 09:46 Scorpio
- 09:46 – 11:51 Sagittarius
- 11:51 – 13:38 Capricorn
- 13:38 – 15:11 Aquarius
- 15:11 – 16:42 Pisces
- 16:42 – 18:23 Aries
- 18:23 – 20:22 Taurus
- 20:22 – 22:35 Gemini
- 22:35 – 00:51 next day Cancer
- 00:51 – 03:02 next day Leo
- 03:02 – 05:12 next day Virgo
- 05:12 – 05:37 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