Kolkata panchang, 22 August 2026
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 13:58 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 18:01- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:16 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta 05:16 – 06:07
- Durmuhurta 06:07 – 06:58
- Rahu Kalam 08:28 – 10:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:04
- Yamaganda 13:14 – 14:50
- 05:18 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:49 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 14:49 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
18:01 to 05:17 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:00 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 02:00 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 14:49 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 05:18
- Karana Taitila until 12:48, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 05:18 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:49 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 14:49 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 02:00 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Vanija
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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:16 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:16 – 06:07
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:18 – 06:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:07 – 06:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:50
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) 11:13 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:16 – 05:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:16 – 06:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:52 – 08:28 | Good |
| Rog | 08:28 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:03 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Char | 11:39 – 13:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:14 – 14:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:50 – 16:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:26 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:01 – 19:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:26 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:50 – 22:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:15 – 23:39 | Good |
| Char | 23:39 – 01:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:03 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:28 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:52 – 05:17 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 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:31 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:43 NowSaturn
- 13:46 NowJupiter
- 14:50 NowMars
- 15:54 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 18:01 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:54 NowSaturn
- 20:50 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:43 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:20 NowMars
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowJupiter
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:16 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:16 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 04:58 Cancer
- 04:58 – 07:10 Leo
- 07:10 – 09:20 Virgo
- 09:20 – 11:34 Libra
- 11:34 – 13:50 Scorpio
- 13:50 – 15:55 Sagittarius
- 15:55 – 17:42 Capricorn
- 17:42 – 19:15 Aquarius
- 19:15 – 20:46 Pisces
- 20:46 – 22:27 Aries
- 22:27 – 00:25 next day Taurus
- 00:25 – 02:39 next day Gemini
- 02:39 – 04:54 next day Cancer
- 04:54 – 05:17 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