Kolkata panchang, 1 September 2026
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 20:25 Shravana month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:20 to 17:52- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:50 – 08:40
- Yamaganda 08:28 – 10:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 12:01
- Gulika Kalam 11:36 – 13:10
- Rahu Kalam 14:44 – 16:18
- 07:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 07:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:52 to 05:20 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:38 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 07:42
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 02:42 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 23:38
- Karana Balava until 07:42, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 07:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:38 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:50 – 08:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:36 – 13:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:18
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 17:52 – 20:10
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:20 – 02:42 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:20 – 02:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:20 – 06:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:54 – 08:28 | Bad |
| Char | 08:28 – 10:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:02 – 11:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:36 – 13:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:10 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:44 – 16:18 | Good |
| Rog | 16:18 – 17:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:52 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:18 – 20:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:44 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:10 – 23:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:36 – 01:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:02 – 02:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:28 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:54 – 05:20 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
- 05:20 NowMars
- 06:22 NowSun
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:33 NowSaturn
- 11:36 NowJupiter
- 12:39 NowMars
- 13:41 NowSun
- 14:44 NowVenus
- 15:47 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 17:52 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 19:47 NowMars
- 20:44 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:39 NowMercury
- 23:36 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSaturn
- 01:31 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:23 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMars
- 06:20 NowSun
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:20 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:20 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:20 NowMercury
- 23:20 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 04:19 Cancer
- 04:19 – 06:30 Leo
- 06:30 – 08:40 Virgo
- 08:40 – 10:54 Libra
- 10:54 – 13:10 Scorpio
- 13:10 – 15:16 Sagittarius
- 15:16 – 17:02 Capricorn
- 17:02 – 18:36 Aquarius
- 18:36 – 20:07 Pisces
- 20:07 – 21:48 Aries
- 21:48 – 23:46 Taurus
- 23:46 – 01:59 next day Gemini
- 01:59 – 04:15 next day Cancer
- 04:15 – 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