Kolkata panchang, 18 July 2026
Sunrise 05:03 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 08:52 Ashadha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:03 to 18:22- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:03 – 06:43
- Durmuhurta 05:03 – 05:56
- Durmuhurta 05:56 – 06:49
- Rahu Kalam 08:22 – 10:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:09
- Yamaganda 13:22 – 15:02
- 16:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:22 to 05:03 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 03:38 – 04:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:59 Moon enters Virgo
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 03:43 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 18:00 · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 20:45
- Karana Bava until 16:07, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:59 Moon enters Virgo
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:03 – 06:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:03 – 05:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:56 – 06:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 10:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 15:02
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:45 – 08:04 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:00 – 05:03 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 – 04:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:16 – 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 18:00 – 05:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:03 – 06:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:43 – 08:22 | Good |
| Rog | 08:22 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:02 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Char | 11:42 – 13:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:22 – 15:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:02 – 16:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:42 – 18:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:22 – 19:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:42 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:02 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 23:42 | Good |
| Char | 23:42 – 01:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:03 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:23 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:43 – 05:03 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
- 05:03 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:22 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:36 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:55 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 16:09 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:22 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:02 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 22:49 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:23 NowSaturn
- 03:16 NowJupiter
- 04:10 NowMars
- 05:03 NowSaturn
- 06:03 NowJupiter
- 07:03 NowMars
- 08:03 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 10:03 NowMercury
- 11:03 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 13:03 NowJupiter
- 14:03 NowMars
- 15:03 NowSun
- 16:03 NowVenus
- 17:03 NowMercury
- 18:03 NowMoon
- 19:03 NowSaturn
- 20:03 NowJupiter
- 21:03 NowMars
- 22:03 NowSun
- 23:03 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 01:03 NowMoon
- 02:03 NowSaturn
- 03:03 NowJupiter
- 04:03 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:37 – 05:00 Gemini
- 05:00 – 07:16 Cancer
- 07:16 – 09:27 Leo
- 09:27 – 11:37 Virgo
- 11:37 – 13:51 Libra
- 13:51 – 16:07 Scorpio
- 16:07 – 18:12 Sagittarius
- 18:12 – 19:59 Capricorn
- 19:59 – 21:33 Aquarius
- 21:33 – 23:04 Pisces
- 23:04 – 00:44 next day Aries
- 00:44 – 02:43 next day Taurus
- 02:43 – 04:56 next day Gemini
- 04:56 – 05:03 next day Cancer
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