Kolkata panchang, 1 August 2026
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 20:04 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 18:16- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:08 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta 05:08 – 06:01
- Durmuhurta 06:01 – 06:54
- Rahu Kalam 08:25 – 10:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:09
- Yamaganda 13:21 – 14:59
- 10:53 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:16 to 05:09 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 03:42 – 04:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:45 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 23:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 23:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:23 Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 23:07
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 20:45 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shobhana until 23:23
- Karana Vanija until 10:53, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:45 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 23:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 23:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:23 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:08 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:08 – 06:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:01 – 06:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 10:04
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 10:53 – 23:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:59
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 23:23 – 01:47 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. 03:42 – 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 18:16 – 20:27
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:07 – 05:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:08 – 06:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:47 – 08:25 | Good |
| Rog | 08:25 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:04 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Char | 11:42 – 13:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:21 – 14:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:59 – 16:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:38 – 18:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:16 – 19:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:38 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:59 – 22:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:21 – 23:43 | Good |
| Char | 23:43 – 01:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:04 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:26 – 03:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:47 – 05:09 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
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:31 NowVenus
- 10:37 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:48 NowSaturn
- 13:54 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 16:05 NowSun
- 17:10 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:11 NowMoon
- 20:05 NowSaturn
- 20:59 NowJupiter
- 21:54 NowMars
- 22:48 NowSun
- 23:43 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMercury
- 01:31 NowMoon
- 02:26 NowSaturn
- 03:20 NowJupiter
- 04:14 NowMars
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 09:08 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:08 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:08 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:08 NowMoon
- 19:08 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:08 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:42 – 04:05 Gemini
- 04:05 – 06:21 Cancer
- 06:21 – 08:32 Leo
- 08:32 – 10:42 Virgo
- 10:42 – 12:56 Libra
- 12:56 – 15:12 Scorpio
- 15:12 – 17:17 Sagittarius
- 17:17 – 19:04 Capricorn
- 19:04 – 20:38 Aquarius
- 20:38 – 22:09 Pisces
- 22:09 – 23:49 Aries
- 23:49 – 01:48 next day Taurus
- 01:48 – 04:01 next day Gemini
- 04:01 – 05:09 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