Kolkata panchang, 18 June 2026
Sunrise 04:53 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 08:05 Jyeshtha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:53 to 18:22- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:53 – 06:34
- Gulika Kalam 08:15 – 09:56
- Durmuhurta 09:22 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 12:04
- Rahu Kalam 13:18 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta 14:46 – 15:40
- 08:14 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:35 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
18:22 to 04:53 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 18:59 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 18:59
- Nakshatra Pushya until 11:32 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyaghata until 17:35
- Karana Vanija until 08:14, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:14 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:35 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 18:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 18:59 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:53 – 06:34
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:14 – 18:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:22 – 10:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:46 – 15:40
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. 03:29 – 04:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:10 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:28
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 04:53 – 11:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:53 – 11:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:53 – 11:32
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:59 – 04:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:53 – 06:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:34 – 08:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:15 – 09:56 | Bad |
| Char | 09:56 – 11:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:37 – 13:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:18 – 14:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:59 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:40 – 18:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:22 – 19:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:41 – 20:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:59 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:18 – 23:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:37 – 00:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:56 – 02:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:15 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:34 – 04:53 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
- 04:53 NowJupiter
- 06:00 NowMars
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:22 NowMercury
- 10:30 NowMoon
- 11:37 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:52 NowMars
- 14:59 NowSun
- 16:07 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:22 NowMoon
- 19:14 NowSaturn
- 20:07 NowJupiter
- 20:59 NowMars
- 21:52 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:37 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMoon
- 01:22 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:08 NowMars
- 04:00 NowSun
- 04:53 NowJupiter
- 05:53 NowMars
- 06:53 NowSun
- 07:53 NowVenus
- 08:53 NowMercury
- 09:53 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 12:53 NowMars
- 13:53 NowSun
- 14:53 NowVenus
- 15:53 NowMercury
- 16:53 NowMoon
- 17:53 NowSaturn
- 18:53 NowJupiter
- 19:53 NowMars
- 20:53 NowSun
- 21:53 NowVenus
- 22:53 NowMercury
- 23:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSaturn
- 01:53 NowJupiter
- 02:53 NowMars
- 03:53 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 04:45 Taurus
- 04:45 – 06:58 Gemini
- 06:58 – 09:14 Cancer
- 09:14 – 11:25 Leo
- 11:25 – 13:35 Virgo
- 13:35 – 15:49 Libra
- 15:49 – 18:05 Scorpio
- 18:05 – 20:10 Sagittarius
- 20:10 – 21:57 Capricorn
- 21:57 – 23:31 Aquarius
- 23:31 – 01:02 next day Pisces
- 01:02 – 02:42 next day Aries
- 02:42 – 04:41 next day Taurus
- 04:41 – 04:53 next day Gemini
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