Kolkata panchang, 8 August 2026
Sunrise 05:11 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 00:03 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 18:12- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:11 – 06:49
- Durmuhurta 05:11 – 06:03
- Durmuhurta 06:03 – 06:55
- Rahu Kalam 08:26 – 10:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:08
- Yamaganda 13:19 – 14:57
- 09:02 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 13:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 13:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:51 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
18:12 to 05:12 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 03:44 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:34 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:49 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 13:59
- Nakshatra Rohini until 16:51 · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 09:02
- Karana Vishti until 13:59, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:02 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 13:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 13:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:51 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:34 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:49 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:11 – 06:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:11 – 06:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:03 – 06:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 10:04
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 09:02 – 12:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:57
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 13:59 – 16:51
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 18:12 – 20:24
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:11 – 13:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:11 – 16:51
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:11 – 06:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:49 – 08:26 | Good |
| Rog | 08:26 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:04 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Char | 11:42 – 13:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:19 – 14:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:57 – 16:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:34 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:12 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:34 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:57 – 22:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:19 – 23:42 | Good |
| Char | 23:42 – 01:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:04 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:27 – 03:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:49 – 05:12 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 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowJupiter
- 07:21 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:32 NowVenus
- 10:37 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:47 NowSaturn
- 13:52 NowJupiter
- 14:57 NowMars
- 16:02 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:07 NowMoon
- 20:02 NowSaturn
- 20:57 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 22:47 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:22 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:11 NowJupiter
- 07:11 NowMars
- 08:11 NowSun
- 09:11 NowVenus
- 10:11 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:11 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:11 NowSun
- 16:11 NowVenus
- 17:11 NowMercury
- 18:11 NowMoon
- 19:11 NowSaturn
- 20:11 NowJupiter
- 21:11 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:11 NowSaturn
- 03:11 NowJupiter
- 04:11 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:43 – 05:53 Cancer
- 05:53 – 08:05 Leo
- 08:05 – 10:15 Virgo
- 10:15 – 12:29 Libra
- 12:29 – 14:45 Scorpio
- 14:45 – 16:50 Sagittarius
- 16:50 – 18:37 Capricorn
- 18:37 – 20:10 Aquarius
- 20:10 – 21:41 Pisces
- 21:41 – 23:22 Aries
- 23:22 – 01:20 next day Taurus
- 01:20 – 03:34 next day Gemini
- 03:34 – 05:12 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