Kolkata panchang, 1 July 2026
Sunrise 04:56 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 19:40 Jyeshtha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:56 to 18:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:37 – 08:18
- Gulika Kalam 09:59 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta 11:13 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:07 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:40 – 13:21
- 06:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 07:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 07:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:31 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:04 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
18:24 to 04:56 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 03:32 – 04:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:40 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 07:38
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 06:51 · lord Venus
- Yoga Indra until 16:04
- Karana Kaulava until 07:38, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Gemini
- 06:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 07:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 07:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:31 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:04 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 20:40 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:37 – 08:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:13 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:21
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:04 – 16:39 next day
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. 03:32 – 04:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:30
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:38 – 04:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:56 – 06:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:37 – 08:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:18 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:59 – 11:40 | Good |
| Rog | 11:40 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:21 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Char | 15:02 – 16:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:43 – 18:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:24 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:43 – 21:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:02 – 22:21 | Good |
| Char | 22:21 – 23:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:40 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:59 – 02:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:18 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:37 – 04:56 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
- 04:56 NowMercury
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:04 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowMercury
- 05:56 NowMoon
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:56 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:32 – 03:54 Taurus
- 03:54 – 06:07 Gemini
- 06:07 – 08:23 Cancer
- 08:23 – 10:34 Leo
- 10:34 – 12:44 Virgo
- 12:44 – 14:58 Libra
- 14:58 – 17:14 Scorpio
- 17:14 – 19:19 Sagittarius
- 19:19 – 21:06 Capricorn
- 21:06 – 22:40 Aquarius
- 22:40 – 00:11 next day Pisces
- 00:11 – 01:51 next day Aries
- 01:51 – 03:50 next day Taurus
- 03:50 – 04:56 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