Kolkata panchang, 12 August 2026
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 04:28 Ashadha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:13 to 18:09- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:50 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:04 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:15 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:07 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:18
- 08:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 12:27 Karana becomes Naga
- 15:26 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
18:09 to 05:13 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:06 Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 23:06
- Nakshatra Pushya until 08:00 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 15:26
- Karana Chatushpada until 12:27, then Naga
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 12:27 Karana becomes Naga
- 15:26 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 23:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:06 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:51 – 15:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:15 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:18
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. 03:44 – 04:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:22
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:13 – 06:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:50 – 08:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:27 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:04 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Char | 14:55 – 16:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:32 – 18:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:09 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:32 – 20:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:55 – 22:18 | Good |
| Char | 22:18 – 23:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:41 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:04 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:27 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:50 – 05:13 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
- 05:13 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowMercury
- 06:13 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:44 – 05:38 Cancer
- 05:38 – 07:49 Leo
- 07:49 – 09:59 Virgo
- 09:59 – 12:13 Libra
- 12:13 – 14:29 Scorpio
- 14:29 – 16:34 Sagittarius
- 16:34 – 18:21 Capricorn
- 18:21 – 19:54 Aquarius
- 19:54 – 21:26 Pisces
- 21:26 – 23:06 Aries
- 23:06 – 01:05 next day Taurus
- 01:05 – 03:18 next day Gemini
- 03:18 – 05:13 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