Kolkata panchang, 18 August 2026
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 10:20 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:49 – 08:40
- Yamaganda 08:27 – 10:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:05
- Gulika Kalam 11:40 – 13:16
- Rahu Kalam 14:52 – 16:28
- 05:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 17:51 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:05 to 05:15 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 17:51
- Nakshatra Swati until 06:47 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 03:23 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 05:20, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 05:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 17:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:49 – 08:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 10:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:28
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 – 12:05
- 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 – 05:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:15 – 06:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:51 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Char | 08:27 – 10:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:04 – 11:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:40 – 13:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:16 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:52 – 16:28 | Good |
| Rog | 16:28 – 18:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:05 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:28 – 20:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:52 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:16 – 23:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:40 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:04 – 02:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:28 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:52 – 05:15 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:15 NowMars
- 06:19 NowSun
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:32 NowMoon
- 10:36 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:44 NowMars
- 13:48 NowSun
- 14:52 NowVenus
- 15:56 NowMercury
- 17:01 NowMoon
- 18:05 NowSaturn
- 19:01 NowJupiter
- 19:56 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:44 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSaturn
- 01:32 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMars
- 06:15 NowSun
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 05:14 Cancer
- 05:14 – 07:25 Leo
- 07:25 – 09:35 Virgo
- 09:35 – 11:50 Libra
- 11:50 – 14:05 Scorpio
- 14:05 – 16:11 Sagittarius
- 16:11 – 17:57 Capricorn
- 17:57 – 19:31 Aquarius
- 19:31 – 21:02 Pisces
- 21:02 – 22:43 Aries
- 22:43 – 00:41 next day Taurus
- 00:41 – 02:54 next day Gemini
- 02:54 – 05:10 next day Cancer
- 05:10 – 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