Kolkata panchang, 2 September 2026
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 21:08 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 17:51- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:54 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam 10:02 – 11:36
- Durmuhurta 11:11 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 12:01 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:36 – 13:10
- 06:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:13 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:21 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:51 to 05:20 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:12 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 01:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 06:13
- Nakshatra Bharani until 01:43 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 21:12
- Karana Taitila until 06:13, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:13 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:21 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:12 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 01:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:54 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:02 – 11:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:11 – 12:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:36 – 13:10
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:12 – 00:48 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:20 – 01:43 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. 03:48 – 04:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:51 – 20:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:43 – 05:20 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:43 – 05:20 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:43 – 05:20 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:26 – 05:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:20 – 06:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:54 – 08:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:28 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:02 – 11:36 | Good |
| Rog | 11:36 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:10 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Char | 14:44 – 16:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:18 – 17:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:51 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:18 – 20:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:44 – 22:10 | Good |
| Char | 22:10 – 23:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:36 – 01:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:02 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:28 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 06:22 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:36 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:41 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:49 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 04:15 Cancer
- 04:15 – 06:26 Leo
- 06:26 – 08:36 Virgo
- 08:36 – 10:51 Libra
- 10:51 – 13:06 Scorpio
- 13:06 – 15:12 Sagittarius
- 15:12 – 16:58 Capricorn
- 16:58 – 18:32 Aquarius
- 18:32 – 20:03 Pisces
- 20:03 – 21:44 Aries
- 21:44 – 23:42 Taurus
- 23:42 – 01:55 next day Gemini
- 01:55 – 04:11 next day Cancer
- 04:11 – 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