Kolkata panchang, 16 July 2026
Sunrise 05:02 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 06:50 Ashadha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:02 to 18:22- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:02 – 06:42
- Gulika Kalam 08:22 – 10:02
- Durmuhurta 09:29 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta 14:49 – 15:42
- 08:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 08:53 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:22 to 05:02 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 03:37 – 04:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:52 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 19:52 Moon enters Leo
- 01:22 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 08:53
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 19:52 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 01:22 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 08:53, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 08:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:52 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 19:52 Moon enters Leo
- 01:22 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:02 – 06:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 10:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:29 – 10:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:49 – 15:42
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:22 – 22:46 next day
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. 03:37 – 04:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:22 – 20:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 19:52 – 05:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:02 – 06:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:42 – 08:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:22 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Char | 10:02 – 11:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:42 – 13:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:22 – 15:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:02 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:42 – 18:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:22 – 19:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:42 – 21:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:02 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:42 – 01:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:02 – 02:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:22 – 03:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:42 – 05:02 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
- 05:02 NowJupiter
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:22 NowVenus
- 09:29 NowMercury
- 10:35 NowMoon
- 11:42 NowSaturn
- 12:49 NowJupiter
- 13:55 NowMars
- 15:02 NowSun
- 16:09 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:22 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:09 NowJupiter
- 21:02 NowMars
- 21:56 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- 23:42 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMoon
- 01:29 NowSaturn
- 02:22 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:09 NowSun
- 05:02 NowJupiter
- 06:02 NowMars
- 07:02 NowSun
- 08:02 NowVenus
- 09:02 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:02 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 13:02 NowMars
- 14:02 NowSun
- 15:02 NowVenus
- 16:02 NowMercury
- 17:02 NowMoon
- 18:02 NowSaturn
- 19:02 NowJupiter
- 20:02 NowMars
- 21:02 NowSun
- 22:02 NowVenus
- 23:02 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 01:02 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:02 NowMars
- 04:02 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:37 – 05:08 Gemini
- 05:08 – 07:24 Cancer
- 07:24 – 09:35 Leo
- 09:35 – 11:45 Virgo
- 11:45 – 13:59 Libra
- 13:59 – 16:15 Scorpio
- 16:15 – 18:20 Sagittarius
- 18:20 – 20:07 Capricorn
- 20:07 – 21:41 Aquarius
- 21:41 – 23:12 Pisces
- 23:12 – 00:52 next day Aries
- 00:52 – 02:51 next day Taurus
- 02:51 – 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