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Sun and Moon in Kolkata

West Bengal, India · 22.57°, 88.36°

Sunrise05:43
Sunset16:56
Day length11h 13m
Solar noon11:20
First light05:20
Last light17:19

Times are local (IST). First and last light are civil twilight, when the Sun is up to 6° below the horizon.

The Moon tonight

Waning crescent

About 10% lit · 26.7 days since the new moon

  • New moon Mon 9 Nov, 12:32 IST
  • Full moon Tue 24 Nov, 20:23 IST
  • New moon Wed 9 Dec, 06:22 IST
  • Full moon Thu 24 Dec, 06:58 IST

The next two weeks

DaySunriseSunsetDay length
Fri 6 Nov05:4316:5611h 13m
Sat 7 Nov05:4416:5611h 11m
Sun 8 Nov05:4416:5511h 10m
Mon 9 Nov05:4516:5511h 09m
Tue 10 Nov05:4616:5411h 08m
Wed 11 Nov05:4616:5411h 07m
Thu 12 Nov05:4716:5411h 06m
Fri 13 Nov05:4716:5311h 05m
Sat 14 Nov05:4816:5311h 04m
Sun 15 Nov05:4916:5311h 03m
Mon 16 Nov05:4916:5211h 03m
Tue 17 Nov05:5016:5211h 02m
Wed 18 Nov05:5116:5211h 01m
Thu 19 Nov05:5116:5211h 00m

Weather in Kolkata →

Calculated by this website: sunrise and sunset with PHP’s astronomical functions (accurate to about a minute); the Moon’s phases with Jean Meeus’ method from “Astronomical Algorithms”.