Kolkata panchang, 29 July 2026
Sunrise 05:07 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 18:19 Ashadha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:07 to 18:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:46 – 08:25
- Gulika Kalam 10:04 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:16 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:09 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 13:21
- 07:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:37 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
18:18 to 05:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 03:41 – 04:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 20:05 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:57 Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 20:05
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 15:37 · lord Sun
- Yoga Priti until 23:57
- Karana Vishti until 07:15, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:37 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 20:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 20:05 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:57 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:46 – 08:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:16 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:21
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. 03:41 – 04:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:07 – 06:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:46 – 08:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:25 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:04 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:21 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Char | 15:00 – 16:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:39 – 18:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:18 – 19:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:39 – 21:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:00 – 22:21 | Good |
| Char | 22:21 – 23:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:43 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:04 – 02:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:25 – 03:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:46 – 05:08 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 NowMercury
- 06:13 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
- 05:07 NowMercury
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 11:07 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:07 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:07 NowVenus
- 19:07 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:07 NowSaturn
- 22:07 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:07 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:41 – 04:17 Gemini
- 04:17 – 06:33 Cancer
- 06:33 – 08:44 Leo
- 08:44 – 10:54 Virgo
- 10:54 – 13:08 Libra
- 13:08 – 15:24 Scorpio
- 15:24 – 17:29 Sagittarius
- 17:29 – 19:16 Capricorn
- 19:16 – 20:50 Aquarius
- 20:50 – 22:21 Pisces
- 22:21 – 00:01 next day Aries
- 00:01 – 02:00 next day Taurus
- 02:00 – 04:13 next day Gemini
- 04:13 – 05:08 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