Kolkata panchang, 16 November 2026
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 16:51 Moonrise 11:21 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:50 to 16:51- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:13 – 08:35
- Yamaganda 09:58 – 11:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:59 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:27
- Gulika Kalam 12:43 – 14:06
- Durmuhurta 13:55 – 14:39
- 07:16 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 15:14 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
16:51 to 05:51 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:51 – 19:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 04:20 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 02:17 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 07:16
- Karana Gara until 15:14, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:16 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 15:14 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:35
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:21
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:27
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:43 – 14:06
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 13:55 – 14:39
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:30 – 17:17 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 12:34 Muhurta Chintamani 1.34, commentary p. 30 11:26 – 13:42
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. 04:06 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 10:59 – 11:43
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 16:51 – 19:27
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:50 – 02:17 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 05:50 – 02:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:50 – 07:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:13 – 08:35 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 08:35 – 09:58 | Good |
| Rog | 09:58 – 11:21 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 11:21 – 12:43 | Avoid |
| Char | 12:43 – 14:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:06 – 15:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:29 – 16:51 | Good |
| Char | 16:51 – 18:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:29 – 20:06 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 20:06 – 21:44 | Avoid |
| Labh | 21:44 – 23:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:21 – 00:58 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 00:58 – 02:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:36 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:13 – 05:51 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
- 05:50 NowMoon
- 06:45 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:26 NowVenus
- 11:21 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:01 NowMars
- 15:56 NowSun
- 16:51 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 19:01 NowMoon
- 20:06 NowSaturn
- 21:11 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:21 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:41 NowSaturn
- 04:46 NowJupiter
- 05:50 NowMoon
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:50 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:50 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:50 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:56 Libra
- 05:56 – 08:11 Scorpio
- 08:11 – 10:17 Sagittarius
- 10:17 – 12:04 Capricorn
- 12:04 – 13:37 Aquarius
- 13:37 – 15:08 Pisces
- 15:08 – 16:49 Aries
- 16:49 – 18:47 Taurus
- 18:47 – 21:00 Gemini
- 21:00 – 23:16 Cancer
- 23:16 – 01:27 next day Leo
- 01:27 – 03:38 next day Virgo
- 03:38 – 05:51 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