Kolkata panchang, 9 July 2026
Sunrise 04:59 Sunset 18:23 Jyeshtha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:59 to 18:23- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:59 – 06:40
- Gulika Kalam 08:20 – 10:01
- Durmuhurta 09:27 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta 14:49 – 15:43
- 10:12 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 10:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 10:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:56 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
18:23 to 04:59 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 03:35 – 04:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:32 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 10:38
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 14:56 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sukarman until 10:12
- Karana Gara until 10:38, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Gemini
- 10:12 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 10:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 10:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:56 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 21:32 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:59 – 06:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 10:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:27 – 10:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:49 – 15:43
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. 03:34 – 04:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:31
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:59 – 14:56
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:38 – 04:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:59 – 06:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:40 – 08:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:20 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Char | 10:01 – 11:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:41 – 13:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:22 – 15:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:02 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:43 – 18:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:23 – 19:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:43 – 21:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:02 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:41 – 01:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:01 – 02:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:20 – 03:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:40 – 04:59 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
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:13 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:34 NowMoon
- 11:41 NowSaturn
- 12:48 NowJupiter
- 13:55 NowMars
- 15:02 NowSun
- 16:09 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:09 NowJupiter
- 21:02 NowMars
- 21:55 NowSun
- 22:48 NowVenus
- 23:41 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:13 NowMars
- 04:06 NowSun
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 05:59 NowMars
- 06:59 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 09:59 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 12:59 NowMars
- 13:59 NowSun
- 14:59 NowVenus
- 15:59 NowMercury
- 16:59 NowMoon
- 17:59 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:59 NowMars
- 20:59 NowSun
- 21:59 NowVenus
- 22:59 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 01:59 NowJupiter
- 02:59 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:34 – 05:36 Gemini
- 05:36 – 07:51 Cancer
- 07:51 – 10:03 Leo
- 10:03 – 12:13 Virgo
- 12:13 – 14:27 Libra
- 14:27 – 16:43 Scorpio
- 16:43 – 18:48 Sagittarius
- 18:48 – 20:35 Capricorn
- 20:35 – 22:08 Aquarius
- 22:08 – 23:39 Pisces
- 23:39 – 01:20 next day Aries
- 01:20 – 03:18 next day Taurus
- 03:18 – 04:59 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