Kolkata panchang, 20 August 2026
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 12:10 Shravana month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:16 to 18:03- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:16 – 06:52
- Gulika Kalam 08:28 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta 09:31 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:05
- Rahu Kalam 13:15 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:30
- 08:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:03 to 05:16 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:25 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 21:18
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 09:08 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 04:25 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:16, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:25 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:16 – 06:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:31 – 10:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:30
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:25 – 05:18 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. 03:46 – 04:31
- 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 18:03 – 20:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:08 – 05:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:16 – 06:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:52 – 08:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:28 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Char | 10:03 – 11:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:39 – 13:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:15 – 14:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:51 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:27 – 18:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:03 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:27 – 20:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:51 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:15 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:40 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:04 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:28 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:52 – 05:16 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:16 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMars
- 07:24 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:31 NowMercury
- 10:35 NowMoon
- 11:39 NowSaturn
- 12:43 NowJupiter
- 13:47 NowMars
- 14:51 NowSun
- 15:55 NowVenus
- 16:59 NowMercury
- 18:03 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:55 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 21:47 NowSun
- 22:43 NowVenus
- 23:40 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMoon
- 01:32 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:24 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
- 05:16 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMars
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 05:06 Cancer
- 05:06 – 07:17 Leo
- 07:17 – 09:28 Virgo
- 09:28 – 11:42 Libra
- 11:42 – 13:57 Scorpio
- 13:57 – 16:03 Sagittarius
- 16:03 – 17:50 Capricorn
- 17:50 – 19:23 Aquarius
- 19:23 – 20:54 Pisces
- 20:54 – 22:35 Aries
- 22:35 – 00:33 next day Taurus
- 00:33 – 02:46 next day Gemini
- 02:46 – 05:02 next day Cancer
- 05:02 – 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