Kolkata panchang, 21 November 2026
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 14:10 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 16:50- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:54 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta 05:54 – 06:37
- Durmuhurta 06:37 – 07:21
- Rahu Kalam 08:38 – 10:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:00 – 11:44
- Yamaganda 12:44 – 14:06
- 06:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 06:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:50 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
16:50 to 05:54 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:30 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 04:57 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 06:32
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 06:50 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Siddhi until 02:30 next day
- Karana Vishti until 06:32, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 06:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:50 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 17:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:30 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 04:57 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:00 – 06:32
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 05:54 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 05:54 – 06:37
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:37 – 07:21
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:38 – 10:00
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:44 – 14:06
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:30 – 23:29 next day
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 06:50 – 05:54 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 – 11:44
- 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 05:54 – 06:50
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:54 – 07:16 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:16 – 08:38 | Good |
| Rog | 08:38 – 10:00 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 10:00 – 11:22 | Avoid |
| Char | 11:22 – 12:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:44 – 14:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:06 – 15:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:28 – 16:50 | Avoid |
| Labh | 16:50 – 18:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:28 – 20:06 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 20:06 – 21:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:44 – 23:22 | Good |
| Char | 23:22 – 01:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:00 – 02:38 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 02:38 – 04:16 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 04:16 – 05:54 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
- 05:54 NowSaturn
- 06:48 NowJupiter
- 07:43 NowMars
- 08:38 NowSun
- 09:32 NowVenus
- 10:27 NowMercury
- 11:22 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:01 NowSun
- 15:55 NowVenus
- 16:50 NowMercury
- 17:55 NowMoon
- 19:01 NowSaturn
- 20:06 NowJupiter
- 21:11 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:22 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMercury
- 01:33 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:43 NowJupiter
- 04:49 NowMars
- 05:54 NowSaturn
- 06:54 NowJupiter
- 07:54 NowMars
- 08:54 NowSun
- 09:54 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:54 NowJupiter
- 14:54 NowMars
- 15:54 NowSun
- 16:54 NowVenus
- 17:54 NowMercury
- 18:54 NowMoon
- 19:54 NowSaturn
- 20:54 NowJupiter
- 21:54 NowMars
- 22:54 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:54 NowMoon
- 02:54 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
- 04:54 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 05:36 Libra
- 05:36 – 07:52 Scorpio
- 07:52 – 09:57 Sagittarius
- 09:57 – 11:44 Capricorn
- 11:44 – 13:17 Aquarius
- 13:17 – 14:48 Pisces
- 14:48 – 16:29 Aries
- 16:29 – 18:28 Taurus
- 18:28 – 20:41 Gemini
- 20:41 – 22:57 Cancer
- 22:57 – 01:08 next day Leo
- 01:08 – 03:18 next day Virgo
- 03:18 – 05:32 next day Libra
- 05:32 – 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