Kolkata panchang, 24 July 2026
Sunrise 05:05 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 14:19 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:44 – 08:24
- Durmuhurta 07:44 – 08:37
- Rahu Kalam 10:03 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 13:02
- Yamaganda 15:01 – 16:41
- 09:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 09:13 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:20 to 05:06 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 03:39 – 04:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:11 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 22:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 09:13
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 04:36 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shukla until 20:11
- Karana Gara until 09:13, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 09:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:11 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 22:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:44 – 08:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:44 – 08:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:03 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 13:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:41
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 04:36 – 05:06 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. 03:39 – 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 – 04:36 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:13 – 05:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:05 – 06:44 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:44 – 08:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:24 – 10:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:03 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:42 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:01 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Char | 16:41 – 18:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:20 – 19:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:41 – 21:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:01 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:43 – 01:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:03 – 02:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:24 – 03:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:45 – 05:06 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
- 05:05 NowVenus
- 06:11 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 15:01 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:01 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowVenus
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:39 – 04:37 Gemini
- 04:37 – 06:52 Cancer
- 06:52 – 09:04 Leo
- 09:04 – 11:14 Virgo
- 11:14 – 13:28 Libra
- 13:28 – 15:44 Scorpio
- 15:44 – 17:49 Sagittarius
- 17:49 – 19:36 Capricorn
- 19:36 – 21:09 Aquarius
- 21:09 – 22:40 Pisces
- 22:40 – 00:21 next day Aries
- 00:21 – 02:19 next day Taurus
- 02:19 – 04:33 next day Gemini
- 04:33 – 05:06 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