Kolkata panchang, 2 August 2026
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 20:36 Ashadha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:09 to 18:16- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:08
- Yamaganda 11:42 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 14:59 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta 16:31 – 17:23
- Rahu Kalam 16:37 – 18:16
- 11:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:27 Moon enters Pisces
Night
18:16 to 05:09 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 03:42 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:37 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 22:29 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 23:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 23:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 23:15
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 21:37 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Atiganda until 22:29
- Karana Bava until 11:15, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 11:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:27 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:37 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 22:29 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 23:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 23:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:31 – 17:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:37 – 18:16
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 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:37 – 05:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:09 – 06:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:47 – 08:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:26 – 10:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:04 – 11:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:42 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:21 – 14:59 | Good |
| Rog | 14:59 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:37 – 18:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:16 – 19:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:37 – 20:59 | Good |
| Char | 20:59 – 22:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:21 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:42 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:04 – 02:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:26 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:48 – 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
- 05:09 NowSun
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:37 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:48 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:59 NowMercury
- 16:04 NowMoon
- 17:10 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 21:53 NowMercury
- 22:48 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:37 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowSun
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:42 – 04:01 Gemini
- 04:01 – 06:17 Cancer
- 06:17 – 08:28 Leo
- 08:28 – 10:38 Virgo
- 10:38 – 12:52 Libra
- 12:52 – 15:08 Scorpio
- 15:08 – 17:13 Sagittarius
- 17:13 – 19:00 Capricorn
- 19:00 – 20:34 Aquarius
- 20:34 – 22:05 Pisces
- 22:05 – 23:45 Aries
- 23:45 – 01:44 next day Taurus
- 01:44 – 03:57 next day Gemini
- 03:57 – 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