Kolkata panchang, 4 September 2026
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 22:55 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 17:50- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:54 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta 07:50 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam 10:01 – 11:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 12:00 – 12:50
- Yamaganda 14:42 – 16:16
- 13:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:44 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
17:50 to 05:21 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:04 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 00:14 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 00:14 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 23:04 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 15:44
- Karana Balava until 13:21, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:44 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 23:04 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 00:14 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:54 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:50 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:01 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:00 – 12:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:42 – 16:16
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:44 – 16:56
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 17:50 – 20:08
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:20 – 06:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:54 – 08:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:28 – 10:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:01 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:35 – 13:09 | Good |
| Rog | 13:09 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:42 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Char | 16:16 – 17:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:50 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:16 – 20:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:42 – 22:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:09 – 23:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:35 – 01:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:02 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:28 – 03:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:54 – 05:21 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 NowVenus
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:42 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:47 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:47 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowVenus
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 04:07 Cancer
- 04:07 – 06:18 Leo
- 06:18 – 08:29 Virgo
- 08:29 – 10:43 Libra
- 10:43 – 12:58 Scorpio
- 12:58 – 15:04 Sagittarius
- 15:04 – 16:51 Capricorn
- 16:51 – 18:24 Aquarius
- 18:24 – 19:55 Pisces
- 19:55 – 21:36 Aries
- 21:36 – 23:34 Taurus
- 23:34 – 01:47 next day Gemini
- 01:47 – 04:03 next day Cancer
- 04:03 – 05:21 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