Kolkata panchang, 7 May 2026
Sunrise 05:01 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 23:02 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:01 to 18:04- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:01 – 06:39
- Gulika Kalam 08:17 – 09:55
- Durmuhurta 09:22 – 10:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam 13:11 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:28
- 10:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 10:14 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:04 to 05:01 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:33 – 04:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:45 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 23:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:26 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 01:59 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 10:14
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 18:45 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 01:59 next day
- Karana Taitila until 10:14, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 10:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:45 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 23:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:26 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 01:59 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:01 – 06:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 09:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:22 – 10:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:28
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 03:33 – 04:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:07 – 11:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:16
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:01 – 10:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:45 – 05:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:01 – 06:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:39 – 08:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:17 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Char | 09:55 – 11:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:33 – 13:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:11 – 14:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:49 – 16:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:26 – 18:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:04 – 19:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:26 – 20:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:48 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:10 – 23:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:32 – 00:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:54 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:16 – 03:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:39 – 05:01 next day | Good |
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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:01 NowJupiter
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:12 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:22 NowMercury
- 10:27 NowMoon
- 11:33 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:49 NowSun
- 15:54 NowVenus
- 16:59 NowMercury
- 18:04 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:54 NowJupiter
- 20:48 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:32 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMoon
- 01:22 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:11 NowMars
- 04:06 NowSun
- 05:01 NowJupiter
- 06:01 NowMars
- 07:01 NowSun
- 08:01 NowVenus
- 09:01 NowMercury
- 10:01 NowMoon
- 11:01 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 14:01 NowSun
- 15:01 NowVenus
- 16:01 NowMercury
- 17:01 NowMoon
- 18:01 NowSaturn
- 19:01 NowJupiter
- 20:01 NowMars
- 21:01 NowSun
- 22:01 NowVenus
- 23:01 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 01:01 NowSaturn
- 02:01 NowJupiter
- 03:01 NowMars
- 04:01 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:33 – 03:51 Pisces
- 03:51 – 05:31 Aries
- 05:31 – 07:30 Taurus
- 07:30 – 09:43 Gemini
- 09:43 – 11:59 Cancer
- 11:59 – 14:10 Leo
- 14:10 – 16:20 Virgo
- 16:20 – 18:34 Libra
- 18:34 – 20:50 Scorpio
- 20:50 – 22:56 Sagittarius
- 22:56 – 00:42 next day Capricorn
- 00:42 – 02:16 next day Aquarius
- 02:16 – 03:47 next day Pisces
- 03:47 – 05:01 next day Aries
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