Kolkata panchang, 17 August 2026
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 09:25 Shravana month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:15 to 18:05- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:51 – 08:27
- Yamaganda 10:04 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam 13:16 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta 14:40 – 15:31
- 16:19 Moon enters Libra
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:05 to 05:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:29 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 17:00
- Nakshatra Chitra until 04:58 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 03:29 next day
- Karana Balava until 17:00, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:19 Moon enters Libra
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:29 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:40 – 15:31
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:15 – 04:58 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 16:05 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 15:01 – 17:08
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. 03:46 – 04:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:05 – 20:19
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:15 – 07:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:58 – 05:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:15 – 06:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:51 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:27 – 10:04 | Good |
| Rog | 10:04 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:40 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Char | 13:16 – 14:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:53 – 16:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:29 – 18:05 | Good |
| Char | 18:05 – 19:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:29 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:53 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:40 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:04 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:28 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:51 – 05:15 next day | Neutral |
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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 17:01 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:01 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:15 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 05:18 Cancer
- 05:18 – 07:29 Leo
- 07:29 – 09:39 Virgo
- 09:39 – 11:53 Libra
- 11:53 – 14:09 Scorpio
- 14:09 – 16:14 Sagittarius
- 16:14 – 18:01 Capricorn
- 18:01 – 19:35 Aquarius
- 19:35 – 21:06 Pisces
- 21:06 – 22:47 Aries
- 22:47 – 00:45 next day Taurus
- 00:45 – 02:58 next day Gemini
- 02:58 – 05:14 next day Cancer
- 05:14 – 05:15 next day Leo
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