Kolkata panchang, 26 October 2026
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 16:59 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 17:02- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:04 – 08:29
- Yamaganda 09:55 – 11:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:57 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:28
- Gulika Kalam 12:45 – 14:11
- Durmuhurta 13:59 – 14:45
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 09:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:17 Yoga becomes Siddhi
Night
17:02 to 05:39 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:33
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:41 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 20:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 09:41
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 17:41 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vajra until 14:17
- Karana Bava until 09:41, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 09:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:17 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 17:41 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 20:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:04 – 08:29
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:20
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:28
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:45 – 14:11
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 13:59 – 14:45
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 – 04:48
- 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 17:02 – 19:33
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:38 – 07:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:04 – 08:29 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 08:29 – 09:55 | Good |
| Rog | 09:55 – 11:20 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 11:20 – 12:45 | Avoid |
| Char | 12:45 – 14:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:11 – 15:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:36 – 17:02 | Good |
| Char | 17:02 – 18:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:36 – 20:11 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 20:11 – 21:46 | Avoid |
| Labh | 21:46 – 23:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:20 – 00:55 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 00:55 – 02:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:29 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:04 – 05:39 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
- 05:38 NowMoon
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:17 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:11 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:05 NowSun
- 17:02 NowVenus
- 18:05 NowMercury
- 19:08 NowMoon
- 20:11 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:33 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMoon
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:38 NowJupiter
- 08:38 NowMars
- 09:38 NowSun
- 10:38 NowVenus
- 11:38 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:38 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:38 NowVenus
- 01:38 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:38 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 05:04 Virgo
- 05:04 – 07:18 Libra
- 07:18 – 09:34 Scorpio
- 09:34 – 11:39 Sagittarius
- 11:39 – 13:26 Capricorn
- 13:26 – 15:00 Aquarius
- 15:00 – 16:31 Pisces
- 16:31 – 18:11 Aries
- 18:11 – 20:10 Taurus
- 20:10 – 22:23 Gemini
- 22:23 – 00:39 next day Cancer
- 00:39 – 02:50 next day Leo
- 02:50 – 05:00 next day Virgo
- 05:00 – 05:39 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