Kolkata panchang, 19 July 2026
Sunrise 05:03 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 09:48 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:09
- Yamaganda 11:42 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 15:02 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta 16:35 – 17:28
- Rahu Kalam 16:42 – 18:22
- 15:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:12 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
18:22 to 05:03 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 03:38 – 04:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:23 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 03:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 03:30 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 03:30 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 18:12 · lord Sun
- Yoga Parigha until 19:23
- Karana Kaulava until 15:30, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 15:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:12 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 19:23 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 03:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 03:30 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:35 – 17:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:42 – 18:22
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. 03:38 – 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:03 – 18:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:03 – 18:12
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 18:12 – 05:03 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:12 – 05:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:03 – 06:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:43 – 08:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:23 – 10:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:02 – 11:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:42 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:22 – 15:02 | Good |
| Rog | 15:02 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:42 – 18:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:22 – 19:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:42 – 21:02 | Good |
| Char | 21:02 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:43 – 01:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:03 – 02:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:23 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 06:10 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 15:02 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:22 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:02 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 22:49 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowSun
- 06:03 NowVenus
- 07:03 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:03 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 15:03 NowMoon
- 16:03 NowSaturn
- 17:03 NowJupiter
- 18:03 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 20:03 NowVenus
- 21:03 NowMercury
- 22:03 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:38 – 04:56 Gemini
- 04:56 – 07:12 Cancer
- 07:12 – 09:23 Leo
- 09:23 – 11:33 Virgo
- 11:33 – 13:47 Libra
- 13:47 – 16:03 Scorpio
- 16:03 – 18:08 Sagittarius
- 18:08 – 19:55 Capricorn
- 19:55 – 21:29 Aquarius
- 21:29 – 23:00 Pisces
- 23:00 – 00:41 next day Aries
- 00:41 – 02:39 next day Taurus
- 02:39 – 04:52 next day Gemini
- 04:52 – 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