Kolkata panchang, 31 July 2026
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 19:31 Ashadha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:08 to 18:17- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:47 – 08:25
- Durmuhurta 07:46 – 08:38
- Rahu Kalam 10:04 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 13:01
- Yamaganda 15:00 – 16:38
- 06:38 Moon enters Aquarius
- 10:04 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:17 to 05:08 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 03:42 – 04:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:27 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 22:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 22:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 22:32
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 19:27 · lord Mars
- Yoga Saubhagya until 23:54
- Karana Taitila until 10:04, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:38 Moon enters Aquarius
- 10:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:27 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 22:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 22:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:47 – 08:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:46 – 08:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 13:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:38
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 – 04:25
- 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 18:17 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:08 – 06:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:47 – 08:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:25 – 10:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:04 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:42 – 13:21 | Good |
| Rog | 13:21 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:00 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Char | 16:38 – 18:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:17 – 19:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:38 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:00 – 22:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:21 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:43 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:04 – 02:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:26 – 03:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:47 – 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
- 05:08 NowVenus
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowVenus
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:41 – 04:09 Gemini
- 04:09 – 06:25 Cancer
- 06:25 – 08:36 Leo
- 08:36 – 10:46 Virgo
- 10:46 – 13:00 Libra
- 13:00 – 15:16 Scorpio
- 15:16 – 17:21 Sagittarius
- 17:21 – 19:08 Capricorn
- 19:08 – 20:42 Aquarius
- 20:42 – 22:13 Pisces
- 22:13 – 23:53 Aries
- 23:53 – 01:52 next day Taurus
- 01:52 – 04:05 next day Gemini
- 04:05 – 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