Kolkata panchang, 5 August 2026
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 22:25 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:48 – 08:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:04 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:16 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:08 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 13:20
- 09:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:29 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:14 to 05:11 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 03:43 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 20:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:18 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 20:42
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 21:18 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shula until 17:29
- Karana Vishti until 09:27, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:29 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 20:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 20:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:18 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:48 – 08:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:16 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:20
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:29 – 19:53
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:10 – 21:18
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 13:24 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 12:24 – 14:23
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 21:18 – 05:11 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. 03:43 – 04:26
- 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 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:25
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:10 – 21:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:10 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:10 – 06:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:48 – 08:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:26 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:04 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:36 – 18:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:14 – 19:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:36 – 20:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:58 – 22:20 | Good |
| Char | 22:20 – 23:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:42 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:04 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:26 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:48 – 05:11 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 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:10 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:10 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:43 – 03:49 Gemini
- 03:49 – 06:05 Cancer
- 06:05 – 08:16 Leo
- 08:16 – 10:27 Virgo
- 10:27 – 12:41 Libra
- 12:41 – 14:56 Scorpio
- 14:56 – 17:02 Sagittarius
- 17:02 – 18:49 Capricorn
- 18:49 – 20:22 Aquarius
- 20:22 – 21:53 Pisces
- 21:53 – 23:34 Aries
- 23:34 – 01:32 next day Taurus
- 01:32 – 03:45 next day Gemini
- 03:45 – 05:11 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