Kolkata panchang, 14 August 2026
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 06:35 Shravana month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:14 to 18:08- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:50 – 08:27
- Durmuhurta 07:48 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam 10:04 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:58
- Yamaganda 14:54 – 16:31
- 07:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:28 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:08 to 05:14 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 18:47 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 18:47
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 03:42 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Parigha until 09:28
- Karana Balava until 07:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:28 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 18:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 18:47 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:48 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:31
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 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:08 – 20:21
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:14 – 03:42 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:14 – 03:42 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:42 – 05:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:14 – 06:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:50 – 08:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:27 – 10:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:04 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:17 | Good |
| Rog | 13:17 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:54 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Char | 16:31 – 18:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:08 – 19:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:31 – 20:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:54 – 22:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:18 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:41 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:04 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:27 – 03:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:51 – 05:14 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
- 05:14 NowVenus
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 17:03 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowVenus
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 05:30 Cancer
- 05:30 – 07:41 Leo
- 07:41 – 09:51 Virgo
- 09:51 – 12:05 Libra
- 12:05 – 14:21 Scorpio
- 14:21 – 16:26 Sagittarius
- 16:26 – 18:13 Capricorn
- 18:13 – 19:47 Aquarius
- 19:47 – 21:18 Pisces
- 21:18 – 22:58 Aries
- 22:58 – 00:57 next day Taurus
- 00:57 – 03:10 next day Gemini
- 03:10 – 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