Kolkata panchang, 13 July 2026
Sunrise 05:01 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 03:21 Jyeshtha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:01 to 18:23- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:41 – 08:21
- Yamaganda 10:01 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam 13:22 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta 14:49 – 15:42
- 05:41 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 08:40 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 16:00 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
18:23 to 05:01 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 03:36 – 04:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:50 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 18:50 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 02:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 05:00 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 18:50
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 05:41 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 16:00
- Karana Vishti until 08:40, then Shakuni
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Gemini
- 05:41 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 08:40 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 16:00 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 18:50 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 18:50 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 02:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 05:00 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:41 – 08:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:01 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:49 – 15:42
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:00 – 19:36
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. 03:36 – 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
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:01 – 05:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:01 – 05:41
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:01 – 06:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:41 – 08:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:21 – 10:01 | Good |
| Rog | 10:01 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:42 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Char | 13:22 – 15:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:02 – 16:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:43 – 18:23 | Good |
| Char | 18:23 – 19:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:43 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:02 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:22 – 23:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:42 – 01:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:02 – 02:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:21 – 03:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:41 – 05:01 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:01 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:49 NowMoon
- 13:55 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:49 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:35 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:01 NowMoon
- 06:01 NowSaturn
- 07:01 NowJupiter
- 08:01 NowMars
- 09:01 NowSun
- 10:01 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 13:01 NowSaturn
- 14:01 NowJupiter
- 15:01 NowMars
- 16:01 NowSun
- 17:01 NowVenus
- 18:01 NowMercury
- 19:01 NowMoon
- 20:01 NowSaturn
- 21:01 NowJupiter
- 22:01 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 02:01 NowMoon
- 03:01 NowSaturn
- 04:01 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:36 – 05:20 Gemini
- 05:20 – 07:35 Cancer
- 07:35 – 09:47 Leo
- 09:47 – 11:57 Virgo
- 11:57 – 14:11 Libra
- 14:11 – 16:27 Scorpio
- 16:27 – 18:32 Sagittarius
- 18:32 – 20:19 Capricorn
- 20:19 – 21:52 Aquarius
- 21:52 – 23:24 Pisces
- 23:24 – 01:04 next day Aries
- 01:04 – 03:03 next day Taurus
- 03:03 – 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