Kolkata panchang, 3 September 2026
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 21:58 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:20 – 06:54
- Gulika Kalam 08:28 – 10:02
- Durmuhurta 09:30 – 10:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 12:00
- Rahu Kalam 13:09 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta 14:30 – 15:20
- 07:26 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:27 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:51 to 05:20 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:33 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:25 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 02:25 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 02:25 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 00:29 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 18:33
- Karana Vishti until 15:27, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:26 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:33 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:25 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 02:25 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:20 – 06:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:30 – 10:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:09 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:30 – 15:20
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:29 – 05:20 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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:10 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:51 – 20:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:20 – 00:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:20 – 06:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:54 – 08:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:28 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Char | 10:02 – 11:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:35 – 13:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:09 – 14:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:43 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:17 – 17:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:51 – 19:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:17 – 20:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:43 – 22:09 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:09 – 23:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:35 – 01:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:02 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:28 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:54 – 05:20 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
- 05:20 NowJupiter
- 06:23 NowMars
- 07:25 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:30 NowMercury
- 10:33 NowMoon
- 11:35 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:40 NowMars
- 14:43 NowSun
- 15:45 NowVenus
- 16:48 NowMercury
- 17:51 NowMoon
- 18:48 NowSaturn
- 19:45 NowJupiter
- 20:43 NowMars
- 21:40 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:35 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMoon
- 01:30 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:25 NowMars
- 04:23 NowSun
- 05:20 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMars
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:20 NowMoon
- 11:20 NowSaturn
- 12:20 NowJupiter
- 13:20 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:20 NowMars
- 21:20 NowSun
- 22:20 NowVenus
- 23:20 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:20 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 04:11 Cancer
- 04:11 – 06:22 Leo
- 06:22 – 08:32 Virgo
- 08:32 – 10:47 Libra
- 10:47 – 13:02 Scorpio
- 13:02 – 15:08 Sagittarius
- 15:08 – 16:55 Capricorn
- 16:55 – 18:28 Aquarius
- 18:28 – 19:59 Pisces
- 19:59 – 21:40 Aries
- 21:40 – 23:38 Taurus
- 23:38 – 01:51 next day Gemini
- 01:51 – 04:07 next day Cancer
- 04:07 – 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