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Kolkata, India — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.3%
Third Quarter
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 9:10:17 am
Sunrise Today: 4:59 am 71° East
Sunset Today: 6:06 pm 289° West
Moonset Today: 10:50 am 249° West
Daylight Hours: 13 hours, 7 minutes (+1m)

Today's Sun Position in Kolkata

Time: 9:10 am
Altitude: 56.1°
Direction: 92° E
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 13h 7m 22s (May 9, 2026)

1 minute longer than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

2 hours, 22 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

23 minutes, 48 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Kolkata Today

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Night 12:00 am – 3:38 am
Astro. Twilight 3:38 am – 4:07 am
Nautical Twilight 4:07 am – 4:35 am
Civil Twilight 4:35 am – 4:59 am
Daylight 4:59 am – 6:06 pm
Civil Twilight 6:06 pm – 6:30 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:30 pm – 6:59 pm
Astro. Twilight 6:59 pm – 7:28 pm
Night 7:28 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Kolkata - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 4:59 am 6:06 pm 13:07:22 +1:00 11:33 am (84.8°) 93.833
May 10 4:58 am 6:07 pm 13:08:21 +0:59 11:32 am (85.1°) 93.855
May 11 4:58 am 6:07 pm 13:09:20 +0:58 11:32 am (85.3°) 93.877
May 12 4:57 am 6:08 pm 13:10:17 +0:57 11:32 am (85.6°) 93.898
May 13 4:57 am 6:08 pm 13:11:14 +0:56 11:32 am (85.8°) 93.920
May 14 4:56 am 6:09 pm 13:12:10 +0:55 11:32 am (86.1°) 93.941
May 15 4:56 am 6:09 pm 13:13:05 +0:54 11:32 am (86.3°) 93.961
* All times are local time for Kolkata. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Kolkata

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Kolkata - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 - 10:50 am - 5:14 am (46.3°) 247,012 58.9%
May 10 12:19 am 11:45 am - 6:00 am (51.1°) 243,994 48.7%
May 11 12:54 am 12:40 pm - 6:45 am (56.7°) 240,434 38.3%
May 12 1:28 am 1:36 pm - 7:29 am (63.0°) 236,532 28.0%
May 13 2:02 am 2:33 pm - 8:15 am (69.7°) 232,558 18.5%
May 14 2:38 am 3:34 pm - 9:03 am (76.5°) 228,846 10.3%
May 15 3:17 am 4:39 pm - 9:55 am (83.1°) 225,737 4.2%
* All times are local time for Kolkata. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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Planets Visible in the Sky in Kolkata This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 4:40 am Sat 5:37 pm Sat 11:08 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 6:50 am Sat 8:22 pm Sat 1:36 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 3:37 am Sat 4:09 pm Sat 9:53 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 9:13 am Sat 10:36 pm Sat 3:55 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 3:04 am Sat 3:13 pm Sat 9:09 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 5:45 am Sat 6:59 pm Sat 12:22 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 2:41 am Sat 2:45 pm Sat 8:43 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Kolkata.

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