Kolkata panchang, 28 July 2026
Sunrise 05:07 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 17:39 Ashadha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:07 to 18:18- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:45 – 08:38
- Yamaganda 08:25 – 10:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:09
- Gulika Kalam 11:42 – 13:21
- Rahu Kalam 15:00 – 16:39
- 05:19 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:11 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
18:18 to 05:07 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 03:41 – 04:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:19 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:49 Moon enters Capricorn
- 23:33 Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 18:19
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 13:11 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vishkambha until 23:33
- Karana Gara until 05:19, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 05:19 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:11 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:19 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:49 Moon enters Capricorn
- 23:33 Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:45 – 08:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 10:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:39
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 13:11 – 05:07 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. 03:40 – 04:24
- 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 18:18 – 20:28
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:07 – 13:11
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:07 – 06:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:46 – 08:25 | Bad |
| Char | 08:25 – 10:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:04 – 11:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:42 – 13:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:21 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:00 – 16:39 | Good |
| Rog | 16:39 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:18 – 19:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:39 – 21:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:00 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:22 – 23:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:43 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:04 – 02:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:25 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:46 – 05:07 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
- 05:07 NowMars
- 06:13 NowSun
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:25 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:37 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:48 NowMars
- 13:54 NowSun
- 15:00 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:12 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:12 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:00 NowSun
- 21:55 NowVenus
- 22:49 NowMercury
- 23:43 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSaturn
- 01:31 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:13 NowVenus
- 05:07 NowMars
- 06:07 NowSun
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:07 NowMercury
- 09:07 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:07 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 14:07 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:07 NowMoon
- 17:07 NowSaturn
- 18:07 NowJupiter
- 19:07 NowMars
- 20:07 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:07 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:07 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 04:07 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:40 – 04:21 Gemini
- 04:21 – 06:37 Cancer
- 06:37 – 08:48 Leo
- 08:48 – 10:58 Virgo
- 10:58 – 13:12 Libra
- 13:12 – 15:28 Scorpio
- 15:28 – 17:33 Sagittarius
- 17:33 – 19:20 Capricorn
- 19:20 – 20:53 Aquarius
- 20:53 – 22:25 Pisces
- 22:25 – 00:05 next day Aries
- 00:05 – 02:04 next day Taurus
- 02:04 – 04:17 next day Gemini
- 04:17 – 05:07 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