Kolkata panchang, 20 November 2026
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 13:35 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 16:50- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:15 – 08:37
- Durmuhurta 08:04 – 08:48
- Rahu Kalam 09:59 – 11:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:00 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 14:06 – 15:28
- 06:40 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 06:56 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 07:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:16 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
16:50 to 05:54 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:55 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 07:16
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 06:56 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Harshana until 06:40
- Karana Gara until 07:16, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:40 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 06:56 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 07:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:55 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 06:40 – 07:52
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:37
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:04 – 08:48
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:22
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 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 19:00 – 06:32 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. 04:09 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:00 – 11:43
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 16:50 – 19:27
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 05:53 – 05:54 next day
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:16 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:53 – 07:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:15 – 08:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:37 – 09:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:59 – 11:22 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 11:22 – 12:44 | Good |
| Rog | 12:44 – 14:06 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 14:06 – 15:28 | Avoid |
| Char | 15:28 – 16:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:50 – 18:28 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:28 – 20:06 | Avoid |
| Labh | 20:06 – 21:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:44 – 23:22 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 23:22 – 01:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:00 – 02:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:38 – 04:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:16 – 05:54 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
- 05:53 NowVenus
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowMoon
- 05:53 NowVenus
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 05:40 Libra
- 05:40 – 07:56 Scorpio
- 07:56 – 10:01 Sagittarius
- 10:01 – 11:48 Capricorn
- 11:48 – 13:21 Aquarius
- 13:21 – 14:52 Pisces
- 14:52 – 16:33 Aries
- 16:33 – 18:31 Taurus
- 18:31 – 20:45 Gemini
- 20:45 – 23:00 Cancer
- 23:00 – 01:12 next day Leo
- 01:12 – 03:22 next day Virgo
- 03:22 – 05:36 next day Libra
- 05:36 – 05:54 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