Kolkata panchang, 20 July 2026
Sunrise 05:03 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 10:42 Ashadha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:03 to 18:21- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:43 – 08:23
- Yamaganda 10:03 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam 13:22 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta 14:49 – 15:42
- 15:41 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:21 to 05:04 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 03:38 – 04:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 19:09 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:03 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 04:03 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 19:09 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shiva until 18:37
- Karana Gara until 15:41, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 15:41 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 19:09 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:03 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:43 – 08:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:03 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:49 – 15:42
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 19:09 – 05:04 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. 03:38 – 04:21
- 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 18:21 – 20:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:28 – 19:09
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:03 – 06:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:43 – 08:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:23 – 10:03 | Good |
| Rog | 10:03 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:42 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Char | 13:22 – 15:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:02 – 16:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:42 – 18:21 | Good |
| Char | 18:21 – 19:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:42 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:02 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:22 – 23:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:43 – 01:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:03 – 02:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:23 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:44 – 05:04 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
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 06:10 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:49 NowMoon
- 13:55 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 22:49 NowMars
- 23:43 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:10 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:03 NowJupiter
- 08:03 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:03 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 14:03 NowJupiter
- 15:03 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 17:03 NowVenus
- 18:03 NowMercury
- 19:03 NowMoon
- 20:03 NowSaturn
- 21:03 NowJupiter
- 22:03 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:03 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:38 – 04:52 Gemini
- 04:52 – 07:08 Cancer
- 07:08 – 09:19 Leo
- 09:19 – 11:29 Virgo
- 11:29 – 13:44 Libra
- 13:44 – 15:59 Scorpio
- 15:59 – 18:05 Sagittarius
- 18:05 – 19:51 Capricorn
- 19:51 – 21:25 Aquarius
- 21:25 – 22:56 Pisces
- 22:56 – 00:37 next day Aries
- 00:37 – 02:35 next day Taurus
- 02:35 – 04:48 next day Gemini
- 04:48 – 05:04 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