Kolkata panchang, 2 November 2026
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 16:57 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 16:57- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:06 – 08:31
- Yamaganda 09:55 – 11:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:57 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:27
- Gulika Kalam 12:44 – 14:08
- Durmuhurta 13:57 – 14:42
- 12:06 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 13:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 13:11 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:57 to 05:42 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:57 – 19:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:00 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:29 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 03:46 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 13:11
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 03:46 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shubha until 12:06
- Karana Kaulava until 13:11, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:06 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 13:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 13:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:29 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 03:46 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:06 – 08:31
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:19
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:27
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:44 – 14:08
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 13:57 – 14:42
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 22:29 Muhurta Chintamani 1.34, commentary p. 30 21:28 – 23:29
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. 04:00 – 04:51
- 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 16:57 – 19:30
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:42 – 07:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:06 – 08:31 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 08:31 – 09:55 | Good |
| Rog | 09:55 – 11:19 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 11:19 – 12:44 | Avoid |
| Char | 12:44 – 14:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:08 – 15:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:33 – 16:57 | Good |
| Char | 16:57 – 18:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:33 – 20:08 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 20:08 – 21:44 | Avoid |
| Labh | 21:44 – 23:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:20 – 00:55 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 00:55 – 02:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:31 – 04:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:07 – 05:42 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
- 05:42 NowMoon
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:34 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:01 NowSun
- 16:57 NowVenus
- 18:01 NowMercury
- 19:05 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:12 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:24 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:39 NowJupiter
- 05:42 NowMoon
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:42 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:42 NowVenus
- 01:42 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:42 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 04:37 Virgo
- 04:37 – 06:51 Libra
- 06:51 – 09:06 Scorpio
- 09:06 – 11:12 Sagittarius
- 11:12 – 12:59 Capricorn
- 12:59 – 14:32 Aquarius
- 14:32 – 16:03 Pisces
- 16:03 – 17:44 Aries
- 17:44 – 19:42 Taurus
- 19:42 – 21:56 Gemini
- 21:56 – 00:11 next day Cancer
- 00:11 – 02:23 next day Leo
- 02:23 – 04:33 next day Virgo
- 04:33 – 05:42 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