Kolkata panchang, 6 August 2026
Sunrise 05:11 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 23:10 Ashadha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:11 to 18:13- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:11 – 06:48
- Gulika Kalam 08:26 – 10:04
- Durmuhurta 09:31 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam 13:20 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta 14:44 – 15:37
- 07:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:01 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:13 to 05:11 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 03:43 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 18:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:13 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 01:53 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 18:53
- Nakshatra Bharani until 20:13 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 15:01
- Karana Balava until 07:51, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:01 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 18:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:13 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 01:53 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:11 – 06:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 10:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:31 – 10:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:44 – 15:37
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 – 04:27
- 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 18:13 – 20:25
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:11 – 06:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:48 – 08:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:26 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Char | 10:04 – 11:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:42 – 13:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:20 – 14:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:58 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:35 – 18:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:13 – 19:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:35 – 20:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:58 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:20 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:42 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:04 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:26 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:49 – 05:11 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
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMars
- 07:21 NowSun
- 08:26 NowVenus
- 09:31 NowMercury
- 10:37 NowMoon
- 11:42 NowSaturn
- 12:47 NowJupiter
- 13:52 NowMars
- 14:58 NowSun
- 16:03 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:13 NowMoon
- 19:08 NowSaturn
- 20:03 NowJupiter
- 20:58 NowMars
- 21:52 NowSun
- 22:47 NowVenus
- 23:42 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMoon
- 01:32 NowSaturn
- 02:26 NowJupiter
- 03:21 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 06:11 NowMars
- 07:11 NowSun
- 08:11 NowVenus
- 09:11 NowMercury
- 10:11 NowMoon
- 11:11 NowSaturn
- 12:11 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:11 NowVenus
- 16:11 NowMercury
- 17:11 NowMoon
- 18:11 NowSaturn
- 19:11 NowJupiter
- 20:11 NowMars
- 21:11 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 23:11 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:11 NowJupiter
- 03:11 NowMars
- 04:11 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:43 – 03:45 Gemini
- 03:45 – 06:01 Cancer
- 06:01 – 08:12 Leo
- 08:12 – 10:23 Virgo
- 10:23 – 12:37 Libra
- 12:37 – 14:52 Scorpio
- 14:52 – 16:58 Sagittarius
- 16:58 – 18:45 Capricorn
- 18:45 – 20:18 Aquarius
- 20:18 – 21:49 Pisces
- 21:49 – 23:30 Aries
- 23:30 – 01:28 next day Taurus
- 01:28 – 03:42 next day Gemini
- 03:42 – 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