Kolkata panchang, 24 November 2026
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 16:26 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:06 – 08:50
- Yamaganda 08:39 – 10:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:01 – 11:44
- Gulika Kalam 11:23 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam 14:06 – 15:28
- 07:24 Moon enters Taurus
- 10:05 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
16:50 to 05:56 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 20:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:25 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 20:23
- Nakshatra Krittika until 23:25 · lord Sun
- Yoga Parigha until 16:05
- Karana Vishti until 10:05, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:24 Moon enters Taurus
- 10:05 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 20:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 20:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:25 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:06 – 08:50
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:01
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:23 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:06 – 15:28
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. 04:11 – 05:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:01 – 11:44
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 16:50 – 19:27
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:55 – 23:25
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:55 – 07:17 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:17 – 08:39 | Avoid |
| Char | 08:39 – 10:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:01 – 11:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:23 – 12:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:44 – 14:06 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 14:06 – 15:28 | Good |
| Rog | 15:28 – 16:50 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 16:50 – 18:28 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:28 – 20:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:06 – 21:45 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 21:45 – 23:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:23 – 01:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:01 – 02:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:40 – 04:18 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 04:18 – 05:56 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
- 05:55 NowMars
- 06:50 NowSun
- 07:45 NowVenus
- 08:39 NowMercury
- 09:34 NowMoon
- 10:28 NowSaturn
- 11:23 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 15:55 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:06 NowSun
- 21:12 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:23 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSaturn
- 01:34 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:45 NowSun
- 04:51 NowVenus
- 05:55 NowMars
- 06:55 NowSun
- 07:55 NowVenus
- 08:55 NowMercury
- 09:55 NowMoon
- 10:55 NowSaturn
- 11:55 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:55 NowSun
- 14:55 NowVenus
- 15:55 NowMercury
- 16:55 NowMoon
- 17:55 NowSaturn
- 18:55 NowJupiter
- 19:55 NowMars
- 20:55 NowSun
- 21:55 NowVenus
- 22:55 NowMercury
- 23:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSaturn
- 01:55 NowJupiter
- 02:55 NowMars
- 03:55 NowSun
- 04:55 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:24 Libra
- 05:24 – 07:40 Scorpio
- 07:40 – 09:45 Sagittarius
- 09:45 – 11:32 Capricorn
- 11:32 – 13:06 Aquarius
- 13:06 – 14:37 Pisces
- 14:37 – 16:17 Aries
- 16:17 – 18:16 Taurus
- 18:16 – 20:29 Gemini
- 20:29 – 22:45 Cancer
- 22:45 – 00:56 next day Leo
- 00:56 – 03:06 next day Virgo
- 03:06 – 05:20 next day Libra
- 05:20 – 05:56 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