Kolkata panchang, 19 August 2026
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 11:15 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 18:04- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:51 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:04 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta 11:14 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:05 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:40 – 13:16
- 06:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:04 to 05:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:30 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 03:44 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 19:20
- Nakshatra Swati until 06:47 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 03:44 next day
- Karana Gara until 06:31, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 19:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:30 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 03:44 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:14 – 12:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:16
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 – 04:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:04 – 20:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:15 – 06:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:15 – 19:20
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:15 – 06:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:51 – 08:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:27 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:04 – 11:40 | Good |
| Rog | 11:40 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:16 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Char | 14:52 – 16:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:28 – 18:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:04 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:28 – 20:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:52 – 22:16 | Good |
| Char | 22:16 – 23:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:40 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:04 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:28 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:52 – 05:16 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 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 05:10 Cancer
- 05:10 – 07:21 Leo
- 07:21 – 09:31 Virgo
- 09:31 – 11:46 Libra
- 11:46 – 14:01 Scorpio
- 14:01 – 16:07 Sagittarius
- 16:07 – 17:54 Capricorn
- 17:54 – 19:27 Aquarius
- 19:27 – 20:58 Pisces
- 20:58 – 22:39 Aries
- 22:39 – 00:37 next day Taurus
- 00:37 – 02:50 next day Gemini
- 02:50 – 05:06 next day Cancer
- 05:06 – 05:16 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