Kolkata panchang, 29 August 2026
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 18:38 Shravana month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:19 to 17:55- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:19 – 06:53
- Durmuhurta 05:19 – 06:09
- Durmuhurta 06:09 – 07:00
- Rahu Kalam 08:28 – 10:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 12:02
- Yamaganda 13:11 – 14:46
- 06:36 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 09:57 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:55 to 05:19 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:37 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 09:57
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 03:42 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 06:36
- Karana Kaulava until 09:57, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:36 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 09:57 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:37 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:19 – 06:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:19 – 06:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:09 – 07:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:46
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. 03:48 – 04:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:12 – 12:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:12
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:19 – 06:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:53 – 08:28 | Good |
| Rog | 08:28 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:02 – 11:37 | Bad |
| Char | 11:37 – 13:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:11 – 14:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:46 – 16:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:21 – 17:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:55 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:21 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:46 – 22:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:12 – 23:37 | Good |
| Char | 23:37 – 01:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:03 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:28 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:53 – 05:19 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
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:31 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:37 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:49 NowSun
- 16:52 NowVenus
- 17:55 NowMercury
- 18:52 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:37 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMercury
- 01:31 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:22 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:19 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 04:31 Cancer
- 04:31 – 06:42 Leo
- 06:42 – 08:52 Virgo
- 08:52 – 11:06 Libra
- 11:06 – 13:22 Scorpio
- 13:22 – 15:27 Sagittarius
- 15:27 – 17:14 Capricorn
- 17:14 – 18:48 Aquarius
- 18:48 – 20:19 Pisces
- 20:19 – 21:59 Aries
- 21:59 – 23:58 Taurus
- 23:58 – 02:11 next day Gemini
- 02:11 – 04:27 next day Cancer
- 04:27 – 05:19 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