Kolkata Panchang
Saturday, 18 April 2026 · West Bengal
The five limbs
- Tithi
- Shukla Pratipada until 02:11 PM, then Shukla Dwitiya until 10:49 AM (next day)
- Vara (weekday)
- Saturday (Shanivara)
- Nakshatra
- Ashwini until 09:42 AM, then Bharani until 07:10 AM (next day)
- Yoga
- Priti until 11:56 PM, then Ayushman until 08:02 PM (next day)
- Karana
- Bava until 02:11 PM, then Balava until 12:31 AM (next day), then Kaulava until 10:49 AM (next day)
Sun and Moon
- Sunrise
- 05:14 AM
- Sunset
- 05:58 PM
- Moonrise
- 05:27 AM
- Moonset
- 07:02 PM
- Moon sign
- Aries (Mesha) until 12:31 PM (next day)
- Sun sign
- Aries (Mesha)
Auspicious and inauspicious times
- Rahu kaal
- 08:25 AM – 10:00 AM
- Yamaganda
- 01:11 PM – 02:47 PM
- Gulika kaal
- 05:14 AM – 06:49 AM
- Abhijit muhurta
- 11:10 AM – 12:01 PM
Month and year
- Paksha
- Shukla paksha
- Month (amanta)
- Vaishakha
- Month (purnimanta)
- Vaishakha
- Vikram samvat
- 2083
- Shaka samvat
- 1948
What today means for your chart
The panchang is the same for everyone; what it means for you depends on your Moon sign and running dasha. Today's rashifal · Get your free kundli
What the panchang is
A panchang has five limbs: tithi (the lunar day), vara (the weekday), nakshatra (the Moon's star), yoga and karana. A tithi is the time the Moon takes to gain 12° on the Sun, so a lunar month has 30 of them; the nakshatra comes from the Moon's position, the yoga from the Sun and Moon added together.
The panchang is reckoned from sunrise, so every city's is slightly different: a tithi ends at the same instant everywhere, but sunrise, Rahu kaal and the muhurtas move with the city.
Every value here is computed with the Swiss Ephemeris and the Lahiri ayanamsa, not estimated.
What is the tithi today in Kolkata?
In Kolkata on Saturday, 18 April 2026: Shukla Pratipada until 02:11 PM, then Shukla Dwitiya until 10:49 AM (next day).
What time is Rahu kaal today in Kolkata?
Rahu kaal in Kolkata on Saturday, 18 April 2026 is 08:25 AM – 10:00 AM. It is one of the eight parts of the daylight hours; by tradition nothing new is started in it.
Which nakshatra is it today?
Ashwini until 09:42 AM, then Bharani until 07:10 AM (next day).
What time is sunrise in Kolkata today?
Sunrise is at 05:14 AM and sunset at 05:58 PM.
Is the panchang the same in every city?
No. The tithi and nakshatra change at the same instant everywhere, but sunrise, Rahu kaal and the auspicious times depend on each city's sunrise and sunset.
Panchang for other cities
Times are local to Kolkata. Sunrise is the Sun's upper limb with refraction; tithi and karana come from the Moon's distance from the Sun, nakshatra and yoga from the Lahiri sidereal zodiac. Local custom can keep a fast or festival on the next day. How we compute