Kolkata panchang, 26 August 2026
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 16:56 Shravana month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:18 to 17:58- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:53 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam 10:03 – 11:38
- Durmuhurta 11:12 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 12:03 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:38 – 13:13
- 07:59 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 07:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 07:59 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:58 to 05:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 07:59
- Nakshatra Shravana until 00:48 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 07:59
- Karana Taitila until 07:59, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:59 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 07:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 07:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:03 – 11:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:12 – 12:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:38 – 13:13
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 00:48 – 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. 03:47 – 04:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:12 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:18 – 00:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:18 – 06:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:53 – 08:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:28 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:03 – 11:38 | Good |
| Rog | 11:38 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:13 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Char | 14:48 – 16:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:23 – 17:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:58 – 19:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:23 – 20:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:48 – 22:13 | Good |
| Char | 22:13 – 23:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:38 – 01:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:03 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:28 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:53 – 05:18 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
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:34 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:41 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:38 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 04:42 Cancer
- 04:42 – 06:54 Leo
- 06:54 – 09:04 Virgo
- 09:04 – 11:18 Libra
- 11:18 – 13:34 Scorpio
- 13:34 – 15:39 Sagittarius
- 15:39 – 17:26 Capricorn
- 17:26 – 18:59 Aquarius
- 18:59 – 20:31 Pisces
- 20:31 – 22:11 Aries
- 22:11 – 00:10 next day Taurus
- 00:10 – 02:23 next day Gemini
- 02:23 – 04:39 next day Cancer
- 04:39 – 05:18 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