Kolkata panchang, 26 July 2026
Sunrise 05:06 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 16:05 Ashadha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:06 to 18:19- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:09
- Yamaganda 11:43 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 15:01 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta 16:33 – 17:26
- Rahu Kalam 16:40 – 18:19
- 07:35 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 07:35 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 13:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 13:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:19 to 05:06 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 03:40 – 04:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 03:08 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 13:58
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 07:35 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Indra until 22:05
- Karana Balava until 13:58, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:35 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 07:35 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 13:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 13:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 03:08 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:33 – 17:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:40 – 18:19
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:05 – 22:55 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:06 – 07:35
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. 03:40 – 04:23
- 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 18:19 – 20:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:35 – 05:06 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:35 – 05:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:06 – 06:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:45 – 08:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:24 – 10:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:03 – 11:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:43 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:22 – 15:01 | Good |
| Rog | 15:01 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:40 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:19 – 19:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:40 – 21:01 | Good |
| Char | 21:01 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:43 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:04 – 02:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:25 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:45 – 05:06 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
- 05:06 NowSun
- 06:12 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 16:07 NowMoon
- 17:13 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:13 NowMars
- 20:07 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 21:55 NowMercury
- 22:49 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:37 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowSun
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:40 – 04:29 Gemini
- 04:29 – 06:44 Cancer
- 06:44 – 08:56 Leo
- 08:56 – 11:06 Virgo
- 11:06 – 13:20 Libra
- 13:20 – 15:36 Scorpio
- 15:36 – 17:41 Sagittarius
- 17:41 – 19:28 Capricorn
- 19:28 – 21:01 Aquarius
- 21:01 – 22:32 Pisces
- 22:32 – 00:13 next day Aries
- 00:13 – 02:11 next day Taurus
- 02:11 – 04:25 next day Gemini
- 04:25 – 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