Kolkata panchang, 7 August 2026
Sunrise 05:11 Sunset 18:13 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:49 – 08:26
- Durmuhurta 07:47 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam 10:04 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 13:00
- Yamaganda 14:57 – 16:35
- 05:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:11 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 16:37 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:13 to 05:11 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 03:43 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:43 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 03:21 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 16:37
- Nakshatra Krittika until 18:43 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 12:11
- Karana Taitila until 05:48, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 05:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:11 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 16:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:43 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 03:21 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:49 – 08:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:47 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 13:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:35
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 – 20:24
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:11 – 06:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:49 – 08:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:26 – 10:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:04 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:42 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:57 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Char | 16:35 – 18:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:13 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:35 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:57 – 22:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:20 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:42 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:04 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:27 – 03:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:49 – 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
- 05:11 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:52 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowVenus
- 06:11 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:43 – 05:57 Cancer
- 05:57 – 08:08 Leo
- 08:08 – 10:19 Virgo
- 10:19 – 12:33 Libra
- 12:33 – 14:49 Scorpio
- 14:49 – 16:54 Sagittarius
- 16:54 – 18:41 Capricorn
- 18:41 – 20:14 Aquarius
- 20:14 – 21:45 Pisces
- 21:45 – 23:26 Aries
- 23:26 – 01:24 next day Taurus
- 01:24 – 03:38 next day Gemini
- 03:38 – 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