Kolkata panchang, 27 August 2026
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 17:31 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 17:57- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:18 – 06:53
- Gulika Kalam 08:28 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta 09:31 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 12:03
- Rahu Kalam 13:12 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:25
- 07:55 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 09:09 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 09:09 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:35 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
17:57 to 05:18 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 09:09
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 02:15 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 07:55
- Karana Vanija until 09:09, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:55 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 09:09 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 09:09 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:35 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:18 – 06:53
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:55 – 10:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:31 – 10:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:47
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:35 – 21:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:25
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 – 04:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:57 – 20:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:09 – 05:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:18 – 06:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:53 – 08:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:28 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Char | 10:03 – 11:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:38 – 13:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:12 – 14:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:47 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:22 – 17:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:57 – 19:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:22 – 20:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:47 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:12 – 23:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:38 – 01:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:03 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:28 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:53 – 05:18 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
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:21 NowMars
- 07:25 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:31 NowMercury
- 10:34 NowMoon
- 11:38 NowSaturn
- 12:41 NowJupiter
- 13:44 NowMars
- 14:47 NowSun
- 15:50 NowVenus
- 16:54 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 18:54 NowSaturn
- 19:51 NowJupiter
- 20:47 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:41 NowVenus
- 23:38 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMoon
- 01:31 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:25 NowMars
- 04:22 NowSun
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:18 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:18 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 04:39 Cancer
- 04:39 – 06:50 Leo
- 06:50 – 09:00 Virgo
- 09:00 – 11:14 Libra
- 11:14 – 13:30 Scorpio
- 13:30 – 15:35 Sagittarius
- 15:35 – 17:22 Capricorn
- 17:22 – 18:55 Aquarius
- 18:55 – 20:27 Pisces
- 20:27 – 22:07 Aries
- 22:07 – 00:06 next day Taurus
- 00:06 – 02:19 next day Gemini
- 02:19 – 04:35 next day Cancer
- 04:35 – 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