Kolkata panchang, 17 November 2026
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 16:51 Moonrise 11:56 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:51 to 16:51- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:03 – 08:47
- Yamaganda 08:36 – 09:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:59 – 11:43
- Gulika Kalam 11:21 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam 14:06 – 15:28
- 07:54 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 15:30 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
16:51 to 05:52 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:51 – 19:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 06:05 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 04:34 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Vriddhi until 07:54
- Karana Vishti until 17:17, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:54 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 15:30 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:03 – 08:47
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:36 – 09:58
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:21 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:06 – 15:28
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:30 – 17:17
- Utpata Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 05:51 – 04:34 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 04:34 – 05:52 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. 04:07 – 04:59
- 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
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:51 – 05:52 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 04:34 – 05:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:51 – 07:13 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:13 – 08:36 | Avoid |
| Char | 08:36 – 09:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:58 – 11:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:21 – 12:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:43 – 14:06 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 14:06 – 15:28 | Good |
| Rog | 15:28 – 16:51 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 16:51 – 18:28 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:28 – 20:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:06 – 21:44 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 21:44 – 23:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:21 – 00:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:59 – 02:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:36 – 04:14 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 04:14 – 05:52 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
- 05:51 NowMars
- 06:46 NowSun
- 07:41 NowVenus
- 08:36 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:26 NowSaturn
- 11:21 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 17:56 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:06 NowSun
- 21:11 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:21 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:31 NowJupiter
- 02:36 NowMars
- 03:41 NowSun
- 04:46 NowVenus
- 05:51 NowMars
- 06:51 NowSun
- 07:51 NowVenus
- 08:51 NowMercury
- 09:51 NowMoon
- 10:51 NowSaturn
- 11:51 NowJupiter
- 12:51 NowMars
- 13:51 NowSun
- 14:51 NowVenus
- 15:51 NowMercury
- 16:51 NowMoon
- 17:51 NowSaturn
- 18:51 NowJupiter
- 19:51 NowMars
- 20:51 NowSun
- 21:51 NowVenus
- 22:51 NowMercury
- 23:51 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSaturn
- 01:51 NowJupiter
- 02:51 NowMars
- 03:51 NowSun
- 04:51 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 05:52 Libra
- 05:52 – 08:07 Scorpio
- 08:07 – 10:13 Sagittarius
- 10:13 – 12:00 Capricorn
- 12:00 – 13:33 Aquarius
- 13:33 – 15:04 Pisces
- 15:04 – 16:45 Aries
- 16:45 – 18:43 Taurus
- 18:43 – 20:57 Gemini
- 20:57 – 23:12 Cancer
- 23:12 – 01:24 next day Leo
- 01:24 – 03:34 next day Virgo
- 03:34 – 05:48 next day Libra
- 05:48 – 05:52 next day Scorpio
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