Kolkata panchang, 24 August 2026
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 15:35 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 18:00- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:52 – 08:28
- Yamaganda 10:03 – 11:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam 13:14 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:27
- 07:04 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 17:22 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:00 to 05:17 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:28 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 03:06 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 06:21 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 20:28 · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 07:04
- Karana Bava until 17:22, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:04 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 17:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:28 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 03:06 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:03 – 11:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:27
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:17 – 20:28
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:28 – 05:17 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. 03:47 – 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 18:00 – 20:15
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:17 – 06:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:52 – 08:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:28 – 10:03 | Good |
| Rog | 10:03 – 11:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:38 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Char | 13:14 – 14:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:49 – 16:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:24 – 18:00 | Good |
| Char | 18:00 – 19:24 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:24 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:49 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:14 – 23:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:39 – 01:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:03 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:28 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:53 – 05:17 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:38 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:46 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:35 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:17 NowMercury
- 12:17 NowMoon
- 13:17 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:17 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:17 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 04:50 Cancer
- 04:50 – 07:02 Leo
- 07:02 – 09:12 Virgo
- 09:12 – 11:26 Libra
- 11:26 – 13:42 Scorpio
- 13:42 – 15:47 Sagittarius
- 15:47 – 17:34 Capricorn
- 17:34 – 19:07 Aquarius
- 19:07 – 20:38 Pisces
- 20:38 – 22:19 Aries
- 22:19 – 00:17 next day Taurus
- 00:17 – 02:31 next day Gemini
- 02:31 – 04:46 next day Cancer
- 04:46 – 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