Kolkata panchang, 15 July 2026
Sunrise 05:01 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 05:42 Ashadha 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:41 – 08:22
- Gulika Kalam 10:02 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:15 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:09 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 13:22
- 08:04 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 11:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 11:51 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:23 to 05:02 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 03:37 – 04:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:46 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 22:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:30 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 11:51
- Nakshatra Pushya until 21:46 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Harshana until 08:04
- Karana Bava until 11:51, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:04 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 11:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 11:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:46 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 22:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:30 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:41 – 08:22
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:04 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:02 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:15 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:22
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 – 04:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:30
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 11:51 – 05:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:01 – 06:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:41 – 08:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:22 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:02 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Char | 15:02 – 16:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:42 – 18:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:23 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:42 – 21:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:02 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 23:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:42 – 01:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:02 – 02:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:22 – 03:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:42 – 05:02 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
- 05:01 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:01 NowMercury
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 07:01 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 09:01 NowMars
- 10:01 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 14:01 NowSaturn
- 15:01 NowJupiter
- 16:01 NowMars
- 17:01 NowSun
- 18:01 NowVenus
- 19:01 NowMercury
- 20:01 NowMoon
- 21:01 NowSaturn
- 22:01 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 02:01 NowMercury
- 03:01 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:36 – 05:12 Gemini
- 05:12 – 07:28 Cancer
- 07:28 – 09:39 Leo
- 09:39 – 11:49 Virgo
- 11:49 – 14:03 Libra
- 14:03 – 16:19 Scorpio
- 16:19 – 18:24 Sagittarius
- 18:24 – 20:11 Capricorn
- 20:11 – 21:45 Aquarius
- 21:45 – 23:16 Pisces
- 23:16 – 00:56 next day Aries
- 00:56 – 02:55 next day Taurus
- 02:55 – 05:02 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