Kolkata panchang, 29 October 2026
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 17:00 Moonrise 19:43 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:40 to 17:00- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:40 – 07:05
- Gulika Kalam 08:30 – 09:55
- Durmuhurta 09:26 – 10:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:57 – 11:42
- Rahu Kalam 12:45 – 14:10
- Durmuhurta 13:58 – 14:44
- 11:11 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 11:37 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:00 to 05:40 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:00 – 19:32
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:06 Moon enters Gemini
- 22:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:06 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 22:10
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:11 · lord Moon
- Yoga Parigha until 00:06 next day
- Karana Bava until 11:37, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:11 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 11:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:06 Moon enters Gemini
- 22:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:06 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 05:40 – 07:05
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:30 – 09:55
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 09:26 – 10:12
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:45 – 14:10
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 13:58 – 14:44
- Utpata Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 05:40 – 11:11
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 11:11 – 05:40 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 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
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:10 – 05:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:40 – 07:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:05 – 08:30 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 08:30 – 09:55 | Avoid |
| Char | 09:55 – 11:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:20 – 12:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:45 – 14:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:10 – 15:35 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 15:35 – 17:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:00 – 18:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:35 – 20:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:10 – 21:45 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 21:45 – 23:20 | Avoid |
| Labh | 23:20 – 00:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:55 – 02:30 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 02:30 – 04:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:05 – 05:40 next day | Good |
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
- 05:40 NowJupiter
- 06:36 NowMars
- 07:33 NowSun
- 08:30 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:23 NowMoon
- 11:20 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:13 NowMars
- 14:10 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:03 NowMercury
- 17:00 NowMoon
- 18:03 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:10 NowMars
- 21:13 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:20 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:30 NowJupiter
- 03:33 NowMars
- 04:37 NowSun
- 05:40 NowJupiter
- 06:40 NowMars
- 07:40 NowSun
- 08:40 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:40 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:40 NowJupiter
- 13:40 NowMars
- 14:40 NowSun
- 15:40 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:40 NowMoon
- 18:40 NowSaturn
- 19:40 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:40 NowSun
- 22:40 NowVenus
- 23:40 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMoon
- 01:40 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:40 NowMars
- 04:40 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 04:52 Virgo
- 04:52 – 07:06 Libra
- 07:06 – 09:22 Scorpio
- 09:22 – 11:27 Sagittarius
- 11:27 – 13:14 Capricorn
- 13:14 – 14:48 Aquarius
- 14:48 – 16:19 Pisces
- 16:19 – 18:00 Aries
- 18:00 – 19:58 Taurus
- 19:58 – 22:11 Gemini
- 22:11 – 00:27 next day Cancer
- 00:27 – 02:38 next day Leo
- 02:38 – 04:48 next day Virgo
- 04:48 – 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