Kolkata panchang, 12 July 2026
Sunrise 05:00 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 02:16 Jyeshtha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:00 to 18:23- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:08
- Yamaganda 11:42 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 15:02 – 16:43
- Durmuhurta 16:36 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam 16:43 – 18:23
- 08:29 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 12:19 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:23 to 05:01 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 03:36 – 04:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:06 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:30
- Nakshatra Rohini until 08:29 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 20:06
- Karana Gara until 12:19, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:29 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 12:19 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:06 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:36 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:43 – 18:23
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. 03:35 – 04:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:31
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:00 – 06:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:40 – 08:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:21 – 10:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:01 – 11:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:42 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:22 – 15:02 | Good |
| Rog | 15:02 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:43 – 18:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:23 – 19:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:43 – 21:02 | Good |
| Char | 21:02 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:42 – 01:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:01 – 02:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:21 – 03:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:41 – 05:01 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
- 05:00 NowSun
- 06:07 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 15:02 NowMercury
- 16:09 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:23 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:02 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 22:49 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowSun
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:35 – 05:24 Gemini
- 05:24 – 07:39 Cancer
- 07:39 – 09:51 Leo
- 09:51 – 12:01 Virgo
- 12:01 – 14:15 Libra
- 14:15 – 16:31 Scorpio
- 16:31 – 18:36 Sagittarius
- 18:36 – 20:23 Capricorn
- 20:23 – 21:56 Aquarius
- 21:56 – 23:27 Pisces
- 23:27 – 01:08 next day Aries
- 01:08 – 03:06 next day Taurus
- 03:06 – 05:01 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