Kolkata panchang, 4 July 2026
Sunrise 04:57 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 21:29 Jyeshtha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:57 to 18:24- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:57 – 06:38
- Durmuhurta 04:57 – 05:51
- Durmuhurta 05:51 – 06:45
- Rahu Kalam 08:19 – 10:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:07
- Yamaganda 13:21 – 15:02
- 12:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 12:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:44 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 17:01 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
18:24 to 04:57 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 03:33 – 04:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:09 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 12:40
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 13:44 · lord Mars
- Yoga Priti until 17:01
- Karana Balava until 12:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Gemini
- 12:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 12:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:44 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 17:01 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 01:09 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:57 – 06:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:57 – 05:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:51 – 06:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:19 – 10:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 15:02
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 – 04:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 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 04:57 – 12:40
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:57 – 06:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:38 – 08:19 | Good |
| Rog | 08:19 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:00 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Char | 11:40 – 13:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:21 – 15:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:02 – 16:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:43 – 18:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:24 – 19:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:43 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:02 – 22:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:21 – 23:41 | Good |
| Char | 23:41 – 01:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:00 – 02:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:19 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:38 – 04:57 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
- 04:57 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:33 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:48 NowSaturn
- 13:55 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 16:09 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:24 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:02 NowJupiter
- 21:55 NowMars
- 22:48 NowSun
- 23:41 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:05 NowMars
- 04:57 NowSaturn
- 05:57 NowJupiter
- 06:57 NowMars
- 07:57 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:57 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 12:57 NowJupiter
- 13:57 NowMars
- 14:57 NowSun
- 15:57 NowVenus
- 16:57 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 19:57 NowJupiter
- 20:57 NowMars
- 21:57 NowSun
- 22:57 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:57 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:57 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:33 – 03:42 Taurus
- 03:42 – 05:55 Gemini
- 05:55 – 08:11 Cancer
- 08:11 – 10:22 Leo
- 10:22 – 12:32 Virgo
- 12:32 – 14:46 Libra
- 14:46 – 17:02 Scorpio
- 17:02 – 19:07 Sagittarius
- 19:07 – 20:54 Capricorn
- 20:54 – 22:28 Aquarius
- 22:28 – 23:59 Pisces
- 23:59 – 01:40 next day Aries
- 01:40 – 03:38 next day Taurus
- 03:38 – 04:57 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