Kolkata panchang, 16 August 2026
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 08:30 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 18:06- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 11:40 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 14:53 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta 16:23 – 17:15
- Rahu Kalam 16:30 – 18:06
- 05:21 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:06 to 05:15 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 16:53
- Nakshatra Hasta until 03:50 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddha until 05:21
- Karana Vishti until 16:53, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 05:21 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:23 – 17:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:30 – 18:06
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 16:53 – 03:50 next day
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 – 04:30
- 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 18:06 – 20:20
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:14 – 16:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:14 – 03:50 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:50 – 05:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:14 – 06:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:51 – 08:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:27 – 10:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:04 – 11:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:40 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:17 – 14:53 | Good |
| Rog | 14:53 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:30 – 18:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:06 – 19:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:30 – 20:53 | Good |
| Char | 20:53 – 22:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:17 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:40 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:04 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:28 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:51 – 05:15 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
- 05:14 NowSun
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:32 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 17:02 NowSaturn
- 18:06 NowJupiter
- 19:02 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:32 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowSun
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 05:22 Cancer
- 05:22 – 07:33 Leo
- 07:33 – 09:43 Virgo
- 09:43 – 11:57 Libra
- 11:57 – 14:13 Scorpio
- 14:13 – 16:18 Sagittarius
- 16:18 – 18:05 Capricorn
- 18:05 – 19:39 Aquarius
- 19:39 – 21:10 Pisces
- 21:10 – 22:50 Aries
- 22:50 – 00:49 next day Taurus
- 00:49 – 03:02 next day Gemini
- 03:02 – 05:15 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