Kolkata panchang, 31 August 2026
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 19:46 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 17:53- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:54 – 08:28
- Yamaganda 10:02 – 11:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 12:01 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam 13:11 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:32 – 15:23
- 08:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:51 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:53 to 05:20 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 03:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 03:24 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 08:51
- Nakshatra Revati until 03:24 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 01:50 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:51, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 03:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 03:24 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:17 – 08:51
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:46 – 06:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:54 – 08:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:02 – 11:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:01 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:32 – 15:23
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 08:18 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 07:18 – 09:19
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 – 04:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:11 – 12:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:11
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:19 – 06:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:54 – 08:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:28 – 10:02 | Good |
| Rog | 10:02 – 11:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:36 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Char | 13:11 – 14:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:45 – 16:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:19 – 17:53 | Good |
| Char | 17:53 – 19:19 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:19 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:45 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:11 – 23:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:36 – 01:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:02 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:28 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:54 – 05:20 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
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:22 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:36 NowMercury
- 12:39 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:48 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:36 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:34 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:22 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 04:23 Cancer
- 04:23 – 06:34 Leo
- 06:34 – 08:44 Virgo
- 08:44 – 10:58 Libra
- 10:58 – 13:14 Scorpio
- 13:14 – 15:19 Sagittarius
- 15:19 – 17:06 Capricorn
- 17:06 – 18:40 Aquarius
- 18:40 – 20:11 Pisces
- 20:11 – 21:51 Aries
- 21:51 – 23:50 Taurus
- 23:50 – 02:03 next day Gemini
- 02:03 – 04:19 next day Cancer
- 04:19 – 05:20 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