Kolkata panchang, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 14:48 Shravana month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:17 to 18:01- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:04
- Yamaganda 11:39 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 14:50 – 16:25
- Durmuhurta 16:19 – 17:10
- Rahu Kalam 16:25 – 18:01
- 06:14 Yoga becomes Priti
- 15:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:44 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
18:01 to 05:17 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 04:19 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 17:44 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 06:14
- Karana Vanija until 15:11, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:14 Yoga becomes Priti
- 15:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:44 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:19 – 17:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:25 – 18:01
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. 03:47 – 04:32
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:17 – 17:44
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:17 – 17:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:17 – 17:44
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:17 – 06:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:52 – 08:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:28 – 10:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:03 – 11:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:39 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:14 – 14:50 | Good |
| Rog | 14:50 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:25 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:01 – 19:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:25 – 20:50 | Good |
| Char | 20:50 – 22:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:14 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:39 – 01:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:03 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:28 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 05:17 NowSun
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:42 NowSun
- 13:46 NowVenus
- 14:50 NowMercury
- 15:53 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 18:01 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 19:53 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:46 NowMercury
- 22:42 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:32 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowSun
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 04:54 Cancer
- 04:54 – 07:06 Leo
- 07:06 – 09:16 Virgo
- 09:16 – 11:30 Libra
- 11:30 – 13:46 Scorpio
- 13:46 – 15:51 Sagittarius
- 15:51 – 17:38 Capricorn
- 17:38 – 19:11 Aquarius
- 19:11 – 20:42 Pisces
- 20:42 – 22:23 Aries
- 22:23 – 00:21 next day Taurus
- 00:21 – 02:35 next day Gemini
- 02:35 – 04:50 next day Cancer
- 04:50 – 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