Kolkata Panchang
Saturday, 16 May 2026 · West Bengal
Amavasya (new moon)Masik Shivaratri
The five limbs
- Tithi
- Krishna Chaturdashi until 05:11 AM, then Krishna Amavasya until 01:31 AM (next day), then Shukla Pratipada until 09:41 PM (next day)
- Vara (weekday)
- Saturday (Shanivara)
- Nakshatra
- Bharani until 05:30 PM, then Krittika until 02:32 PM (next day)
- Yoga
- Saubhagya until 10:25 AM, then Shobhana until 06:15 AM (next day)
- Karana
- Shakuni until 05:11 AM, then Chatushpada until 03:23 PM, then Naga until 01:31 AM (next day), then Kimstughna until 11:36 AM (next day)
Sun and Moon
- Sunrise
- 04:55 AM
- Sunset
- 06:10 PM
- Moonrise
- 04:01 AM
- Moonset
- 05:48 PM
- Moon sign
- Aries (Mesha) until 10:46 PM, then Taurus (Vrishabha) until 10:05 PM (next day)
- Sun sign
- Taurus (Vrishabha)
Auspicious and inauspicious times
- Rahu kaal
- 08:14 AM – 09:53 AM
- Yamaganda
- 01:12 PM – 02:51 PM
- Gulika kaal
- 04:55 AM – 06:35 AM
- Abhijit muhurta
- 11:06 AM – 11:59 AM
Month and year
- Paksha
- Krishna paksha
- Month (amanta)
- Vaishakha
- Month (purnimanta)
- Jyeshtha
- Vikram samvat
- 2083
- Shaka samvat
- 1948
What today means for your chart
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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, 16 May 2026: Krishna Chaturdashi until 05:11 AM, then Krishna Amavasya until 01:31 AM (next day), then Shukla Pratipada until 09:41 PM (next day).
What time is Rahu kaal today in Kolkata?
Rahu kaal in Kolkata on Saturday, 16 May 2026 is 08:14 AM – 09:53 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?
Bharani until 05:30 PM, then Krittika until 02:32 PM (next day).
What time is sunrise in Kolkata today?
Sunrise is at 04:55 AM and sunset at 06:10 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