Kolkata panchang, 4 August 2026
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 21:45 Ashadha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:10 to 18:14- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:47 – 08:39
- Yamaganda 08:26 – 10:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:08
- Gulika Kalam 11:42 – 13:20
- Rahu Kalam 14:58 – 16:36
- 10:33 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:14 to 05:10 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 03:43 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:54 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 21:54 Moon enters Aries
- 22:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 22:03 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 22:03
- Nakshatra Revati until 21:54 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 19:33
- Karana Gara until 10:33, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:33 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:54 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 21:54 Moon enters Aries
- 22:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 22:03 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:47 – 08:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 10:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:36
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 19:33 – 21:33
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 22:03 – 05:10 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 – 04:26
- 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 18:14 – 20:26
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 21:54 – 22:03
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:54 – 05:10 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:54 – 05:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:10 – 06:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:48 – 08:26 | Bad |
| Char | 08:26 – 10:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:04 – 11:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:42 – 13:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:20 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:58 – 16:36 | Good |
| Rog | 16:36 – 18:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:14 – 19:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:36 – 20:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:58 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:20 – 23:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:42 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:04 – 02:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:26 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:48 – 05:10 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
- 05:10 NowMars
- 06:15 NowSun
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:26 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:37 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:47 NowMars
- 13:53 NowSun
- 14:58 NowVenus
- 16:04 NowMercury
- 17:09 NowMoon
- 18:14 NowSaturn
- 19:09 NowJupiter
- 20:04 NowMars
- 20:58 NowSun
- 21:53 NowVenus
- 22:48 NowMercury
- 23:42 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSaturn
- 01:32 NowJupiter
- 02:26 NowMars
- 03:21 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:10 NowMars
- 06:10 NowSun
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:10 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:10 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:10 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 16:10 NowMoon
- 17:10 NowSaturn
- 18:10 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:10 NowSun
- 21:10 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:10 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:42 – 03:53 Gemini
- 03:53 – 06:09 Cancer
- 06:09 – 08:20 Leo
- 08:20 – 10:30 Virgo
- 10:30 – 12:45 Libra
- 12:45 – 15:00 Scorpio
- 15:00 – 17:06 Sagittarius
- 17:06 – 18:52 Capricorn
- 18:52 – 20:26 Aquarius
- 20:26 – 21:57 Pisces
- 21:57 – 23:38 Aries
- 23:38 – 01:36 next day Taurus
- 01:36 – 03:49 next day Gemini
- 03:49 – 05:10 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