Kolkata panchang, 8 November 2026
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 16:54 Moonrise 04:42 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:45 to 16:54- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:57 – 11:42
- Yamaganda 11:20 – 12:43
- Gulika Kalam 14:07 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta 15:25 – 16:09
- Rahu Kalam 15:30 – 16:54
- 05:52 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 11:28 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 11:28 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
16:54 to 05:46 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:54 – 19:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:57 Karana becomes Naga
- 03:03 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 11:28
- Nakshatra Chitra until 05:52 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ayushman until 03:03 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 11:28, then Chatushpada
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 05:52 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 11:28 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 11:28 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 23:57 Karana becomes Naga
- 03:03 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:20 – 12:43
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:07 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 15:25 – 16:09
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:30 – 16:54
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. 04:03 – 04:54
- 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 16:54 – 19:28
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:45 – 07:09 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:09 – 08:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:32 – 09:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:56 – 11:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:20 – 12:43 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 12:43 – 14:07 | Good |
| Rog | 14:07 – 15:30 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 15:30 – 16:54 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 16:54 – 18:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:31 – 20:07 | Good |
| Char | 20:07 – 21:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:43 – 23:20 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 23:20 – 00:56 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 00:56 – 02:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:33 – 04:09 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 04:09 – 05:46 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
- 05:45 NowSun
- 06:41 NowVenus
- 07:37 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:07 NowMercury
- 15:03 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:37 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
- 05:45 NowSun
- 06:45 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:45 NowMoon
- 09:45 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:45 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:45 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:45 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:45 NowJupiter
- 01:45 NowMars
- 02:45 NowSun
- 03:45 NowVenus
- 04:45 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 04:13 Virgo
- 04:13 – 06:27 Libra
- 06:27 – 08:43 Scorpio
- 08:43 – 10:48 Sagittarius
- 10:48 – 12:35 Capricorn
- 12:35 – 14:08 Aquarius
- 14:08 – 15:40 Pisces
- 15:40 – 17:20 Aries
- 17:20 – 19:19 Taurus
- 19:19 – 21:32 Gemini
- 21:32 – 23:48 Cancer
- 23:48 – 01:59 next day Leo
- 01:59 – 04:09 next day Virgo
- 04:09 – 05:46 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