Kolkata panchang, 28 October 2026
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 17:00 Moonrise 18:42 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:39 to 17:00- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:04 – 08:29
- Gulika Kalam 09:55 – 11:20
- Durmuhurta 10:57 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:57 – 11:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:20 – 12:45
- 07:18 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 13:26 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:37 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:00 to 05:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:00 – 19:32
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 01:07 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:40 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 01:07 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 13:26 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyatipata until 07:18
- Karana Vanija until 14:37, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:18 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 13:26 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 01:07 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:40 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:53 – 07:18
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:04 – 08:29
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:20
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 10:57 – 11:42
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:20 – 12:45
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:40 – 13:53 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. 03:58 – 04:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 10:57 – 11:42
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:00 – 19:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:39 – 13:26
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 05:39 – 13:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:26 – 05:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:39 – 07:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:04 – 08:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:29 – 09:55 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 09:55 – 11:20 | Good |
| Rog | 11:20 – 12:45 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 12:45 – 14:10 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:10 – 15:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:35 – 17:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:00 – 18:35 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:35 – 20:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:10 – 21:45 | Good |
| Char | 21:45 – 23:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:20 – 00:55 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 00:55 – 02:30 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 02:30 – 04:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:05 – 05:40 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
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:36 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:03 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:03 NowVenus
- 19:07 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:33 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:39 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:39 NowJupiter
- 09:39 NowMars
- 10:39 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:39 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:39 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 04:56 Virgo
- 04:56 – 07:10 Libra
- 07:10 – 09:26 Scorpio
- 09:26 – 11:31 Sagittarius
- 11:31 – 13:18 Capricorn
- 13:18 – 14:52 Aquarius
- 14:52 – 16:23 Pisces
- 16:23 – 18:03 Aries
- 18:03 – 20:02 Taurus
- 20:02 – 22:15 Gemini
- 22:15 – 00:31 next day Cancer
- 00:31 – 02:42 next day Leo
- 02:42 – 04:52 next day Virgo
- 04:52 – 05:40 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