Kolkata panchang, 21 July 2026
Sunrise 05:04 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 11:36 Ashadha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:04 to 18:21- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:43 – 08:36
- Yamaganda 08:23 – 10:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:09
- Gulika Kalam 11:42 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam 15:02 – 16:41
- 07:54 Moon enters Libra
- 16:35 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:21 to 05:04 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 03:39 – 04:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:25 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 20:49 Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 05:17 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 20:49 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 18:25
- Karana Vishti until 16:35, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:54 Moon enters Libra
- 16:35 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:25 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 20:49 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:43 – 08:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 10:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:41
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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:04 – 05:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:04 – 06:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:44 – 08:23 | Bad |
| Char | 08:23 – 10:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:03 – 11:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:42 – 13:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:22 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:02 – 16:41 | Good |
| Rog | 16:41 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:21 – 19:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:41 – 21:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:02 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:22 – 23:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:43 – 01:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:03 – 02:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:23 – 03:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:44 – 05:04 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
- 05:04 NowMars
- 06:10 NowSun
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:23 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:36 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:49 NowMars
- 13:55 NowSun
- 15:02 NowVenus
- 16:08 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:21 NowSaturn
- 19:15 NowJupiter
- 20:08 NowMars
- 21:02 NowSun
- 21:55 NowVenus
- 22:49 NowMercury
- 23:43 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:23 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:11 NowVenus
- 05:04 NowMars
- 06:04 NowSun
- 07:04 NowVenus
- 08:04 NowMercury
- 09:04 NowMoon
- 10:04 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:04 NowVenus
- 15:04 NowMercury
- 16:04 NowMoon
- 17:04 NowSaturn
- 18:04 NowJupiter
- 19:04 NowMars
- 20:04 NowSun
- 21:04 NowVenus
- 22:04 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 03:04 NowSun
- 04:04 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:38 – 04:48 Gemini
- 04:48 – 07:04 Cancer
- 07:04 – 09:15 Leo
- 09:15 – 11:25 Virgo
- 11:25 – 13:40 Libra
- 13:40 – 15:55 Scorpio
- 15:55 – 18:01 Sagittarius
- 18:01 – 19:48 Capricorn
- 19:48 – 21:21 Aquarius
- 21:21 – 22:52 Pisces
- 22:52 – 00:33 next day Aries
- 00:33 – 02:31 next day Taurus
- 02:31 – 04:44 next day Gemini
- 04:44 – 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