Kolkata panchang, 23 July 2026
Sunrise 05:05 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 13:24 Ashadha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:05 to 18:20- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:05 – 06:44
- Gulika Kalam 08:24 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta 09:30 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta 14:48 – 15:41
- 07:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 07:03 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:20 to 05:05 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 03:39 – 04:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:01 Moon enters Scorpio
- 19:20 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 20:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 07:03
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 01:42 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 19:20
- Karana Kaulava until 07:03, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 07:03 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:01 Moon enters Scorpio
- 19:20 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 20:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:05 – 06:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:30 – 10:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:48 – 15:41
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. 03:39 – 04:22
- 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 18:20 – 20:29
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:05 – 05:05 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:03 – 05:05 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:42 – 05:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:05 – 06:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:44 – 08:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:24 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Char | 10:03 – 11:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:42 – 13:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:22 – 15:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:01 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:41 – 18:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:20 – 19:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:41 – 21:01 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:01 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:43 – 01:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:03 – 02:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:24 – 03:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:45 – 05:05 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
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 06:11 NowMars
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:24 NowVenus
- 09:30 NowMercury
- 10:36 NowMoon
- 11:42 NowSaturn
- 12:49 NowJupiter
- 13:55 NowMars
- 15:01 NowSun
- 16:08 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:14 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 21:01 NowMars
- 21:55 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- 23:43 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMoon
- 01:30 NowSaturn
- 02:24 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:11 NowSun
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 06:05 NowMars
- 07:05 NowSun
- 08:05 NowVenus
- 09:05 NowMercury
- 10:05 NowMoon
- 11:05 NowSaturn
- 12:05 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:05 NowVenus
- 16:05 NowMercury
- 17:05 NowMoon
- 18:05 NowSaturn
- 19:05 NowJupiter
- 20:05 NowMars
- 21:05 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:05 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:05 NowJupiter
- 03:05 NowMars
- 04:05 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:39 – 04:40 Gemini
- 04:40 – 06:56 Cancer
- 06:56 – 09:07 Leo
- 09:07 – 11:18 Virgo
- 11:18 – 13:32 Libra
- 13:32 – 15:47 Scorpio
- 15:47 – 17:53 Sagittarius
- 17:53 – 19:40 Capricorn
- 19:40 – 21:13 Aquarius
- 21:13 – 22:44 Pisces
- 22:44 – 00:25 next day Aries
- 00:25 – 02:23 next day Taurus
- 02:23 – 04:37 next day Gemini
- 04:37 – 05:05 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