Kolkata panchang, 13 August 2026
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 05:34 Shravana 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 18:08- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:13 – 06:50
- Gulika Kalam 08:27 – 10:04
- Durmuhurta 09:32 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam 13:18 – 14:55
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:33
- 06:06 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 06:06 Moon enters Leo
- 09:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:16 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:08 to 05:14 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 20:42
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 06:06 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 12:16
- Karana Kimstughna until 09:51, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:06 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 06:06 Moon enters Leo
- 09:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:16 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 20:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:13 – 06:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 10:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:32 – 10:23
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:16 – 22:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:33
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. 03:45 – 04:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:08 – 20:21
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:13 – 06:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:50 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:27 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Char | 10:04 – 11:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:41 – 13:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:18 – 14:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:55 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:32 – 18:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:08 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:32 – 20:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:55 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:18 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:41 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:04 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:27 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:50 – 05:14 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
- 05:13 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMars
- 07:22 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:32 NowMercury
- 10:36 NowMoon
- 11:41 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:55 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 17:04 NowMercury
- 18:08 NowMoon
- 19:04 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 20:55 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:46 NowVenus
- 23:41 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMoon
- 01:32 NowSaturn
- 02:27 NowJupiter
- 03:23 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
- 05:13 NowJupiter
- 06:13 NowMars
- 07:13 NowSun
- 08:13 NowVenus
- 09:13 NowMercury
- 10:13 NowMoon
- 11:13 NowSaturn
- 12:13 NowJupiter
- 13:13 NowMars
- 14:13 NowSun
- 15:13 NowVenus
- 16:13 NowMercury
- 17:13 NowMoon
- 18:13 NowSaturn
- 19:13 NowJupiter
- 20:13 NowMars
- 21:13 NowSun
- 22:13 NowVenus
- 23:13 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMoon
- 01:13 NowSaturn
- 02:13 NowJupiter
- 03:13 NowMars
- 04:13 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 05:34 Cancer
- 05:34 – 07:45 Leo
- 07:45 – 09:55 Virgo
- 09:55 – 12:09 Libra
- 12:09 – 14:25 Scorpio
- 14:25 – 16:30 Sagittarius
- 16:30 – 18:17 Capricorn
- 18:17 – 19:51 Aquarius
- 19:51 – 21:22 Pisces
- 21:22 – 23:02 Aries
- 23:02 – 01:01 next day Taurus
- 01:01 – 03:14 next day Gemini
- 03:14 – 05:14 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