Kolkata panchang, 21 August 2026
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 13:05 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 18:02- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:52 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta 07:49 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam 10:03 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 12:05 – 12:56
- Yamaganda 14:51 – 16:26
- 10:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
18:02 to 05:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:36 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:36
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 11:53 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 05:18 next day
- Karana Balava until 10:26, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:36 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:49 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:03 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:26
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 11:53 – 05:16 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 18:02 – 20:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:53 – 05:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:16 – 06:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:52 – 08:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:28 – 10:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:03 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:39 – 13:15 | Good |
| Rog | 13:15 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:51 – 16:26 | Bad |
| Char | 16:26 – 18:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:02 – 19:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:26 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:51 – 22:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:15 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:39 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:04 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:28 – 03:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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
- 05:16 NowVenus
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:47 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 18:02 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:47 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 05:02 Cancer
- 05:02 – 07:13 Leo
- 07:13 – 09:24 Virgo
- 09:24 – 11:38 Libra
- 11:38 – 13:53 Scorpio
- 13:53 – 15:59 Sagittarius
- 15:59 – 17:46 Capricorn
- 17:46 – 19:19 Aquarius
- 19:19 – 20:50 Pisces
- 20:50 – 22:31 Aries
- 22:31 – 00:29 next day Taurus
- 00:29 – 02:43 next day Gemini
- 02:43 – 04:58 next day Cancer
- 04:58 – 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