Kolkata panchang, 23 November 2026
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 15:34 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 16:50- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:17 – 08:39
- Yamaganda 10:00 – 11:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:00 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:28
- Gulika Kalam 12:44 – 14:06
- Durmuhurta 13:55 – 14:39
- 13:14 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
16:50 to 05:55 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:58 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:42 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 23:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 23:42
- Nakshatra Bharani until 02:02 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 19:58
- Karana Gara until 13:14, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:14 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:58 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:42 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 23:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:39
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:22
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:28
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:44 – 14:06
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 13:55 – 14:39
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 19:58 – 06:02 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. 04:10 – 05:02
- 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 05:55 – 02:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:55 – 07:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:17 – 08:39 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 08:39 – 10:00 | Good |
| Rog | 10:00 – 11:22 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 11:22 – 12:44 | Avoid |
| Char | 12:44 – 14:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:06 – 15:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:28 – 16:50 | Good |
| Char | 16:50 – 18:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:28 – 20:06 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 20:06 – 21:44 | Avoid |
| Labh | 21:44 – 23:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:23 – 01:01 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 01:01 – 02:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:39 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:17 – 05:55 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
- 05:55 NowMoon
- 06:49 NowSaturn
- 07:44 NowJupiter
- 08:39 NowMars
- 09:33 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:22 NowMercury
- 12:17 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:01 NowMars
- 15:55 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 17:55 NowMercury
- 19:01 NowMoon
- 20:06 NowSaturn
- 21:12 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:23 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:34 NowMercury
- 02:39 NowMoon
- 03:45 NowSaturn
- 04:50 NowJupiter
- 05:55 NowMoon
- 06:55 NowSaturn
- 07:55 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 09:55 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:55 NowSaturn
- 14:55 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 16:55 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 18:55 NowMercury
- 19:55 NowMoon
- 20:55 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:55 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 03:55 NowSaturn
- 04:55 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 05:28 Libra
- 05:28 – 07:44 Scorpio
- 07:44 – 09:49 Sagittarius
- 09:49 – 11:36 Capricorn
- 11:36 – 13:10 Aquarius
- 13:10 – 14:41 Pisces
- 14:41 – 16:21 Aries
- 16:21 – 18:20 Taurus
- 18:20 – 20:33 Gemini
- 20:33 – 22:49 Cancer
- 22:49 – 01:00 next day Leo
- 01:00 – 03:10 next day Virgo
- 03:10 – 05:24 next day Libra
- 05:24 – 05:55 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