Kolkata panchang, 8 May 2026
Sunrise 05:01 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 23:42 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 18:05- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:39 – 08:17
- Durmuhurta 07:37 – 08:30
- Rahu Kalam 09:55 – 11:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:51
- Yamaganda 14:49 – 16:27
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:22 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:05 to 05:00 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:33 – 04:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 01:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:30 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 12:22
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 21:20 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 02:30 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:22, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:20 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 01:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:30 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:39 – 08:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:37 – 08:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:27
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 18:05 – 20:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:01 – 21:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:01 – 12:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:20 – 05:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:01 – 06:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:39 – 08:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:17 – 09:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:55 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:33 – 13:11 | Good |
| Rog | 13:11 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:49 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Char | 16:27 – 18:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:05 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:27 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:49 – 22:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:11 – 23:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:32 – 00:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:54 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:16 – 03:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:38 – 05:00 next day | Bad |
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 NowVenus
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowVenus
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:33 – 03:47 Pisces
- 03:47 – 05:28 Aries
- 05:28 – 07:26 Taurus
- 07:26 – 09:39 Gemini
- 09:39 – 11:55 Cancer
- 11:55 – 14:06 Leo
- 14:06 – 16:16 Virgo
- 16:16 – 18:31 Libra
- 18:31 – 20:46 Scorpio
- 20:46 – 22:52 Sagittarius
- 22:52 – 00:38 next day Capricorn
- 00:38 – 02:12 next day Aquarius
- 02:12 – 03:43 next day Pisces
- 03:43 – 05:00 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