Kolkata panchang, 18 November 2026
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 16:51 Moonrise 12:29 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:52 to 16:51- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:14 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam 09:59 – 11:21
- Durmuhurta 10:59 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:59 – 11:43 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:21 – 12:43
- 06:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 06:05 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:05 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
16:51 to 05:52 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:51 – 19:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 06:05
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 06:10 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhruva until 08:05
- Karana Bava until 06:05, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 06:05 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:05 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 18:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:05 – 11:41
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:21
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 10:59 – 11:43
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:21 – 12:43
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 05:52 – 05:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:52 – 07:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:14 – 08:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:36 – 09:59 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 09:59 – 11:21 | Good |
| Rog | 11:21 – 12:43 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 12:43 – 14:06 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:06 – 15:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:28 – 16:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:51 – 18:28 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:28 – 20:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:06 – 21:44 | Good |
| Char | 21:44 – 23:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:21 – 00:59 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 00:59 – 02:37 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 02:37 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 05:52 NowMercury
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:41 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:01 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 19:01 NowMercury
- 20:06 NowMoon
- 21:11 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:47 NowSaturn
- 05:52 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 05:48 Libra
- 05:48 – 08:04 Scorpio
- 08:04 – 10:09 Sagittarius
- 10:09 – 11:56 Capricorn
- 11:56 – 13:29 Aquarius
- 13:29 – 15:00 Pisces
- 15:00 – 16:41 Aries
- 16:41 – 18:39 Taurus
- 18:39 – 20:53 Gemini
- 20:53 – 23:08 Cancer
- 23:08 – 01:20 next day Leo
- 01:20 – 03:30 next day Virgo
- 03:30 – 05:44 next day Libra
- 05:44 – 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