Kolkata panchang, 8 September 2026
Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 02:12 Shravana month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:22 to 17:46- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:50 – 08:40
- Yamaganda 08:28 – 10:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:09 – 11:58
- Gulika Kalam 11:34 – 13:07
- Rahu Kalam 14:40 – 16:13
- 14:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 14:43 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
17:46 to 05:22 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:40 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 01:35 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 14:43
- Nakshatra Pushya until 16:39 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 00:40 next day
- Karana Taitila until 14:43, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 14:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 14:43 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 00:40 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 01:35 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:38 – 14:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:50 – 08:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:34 – 13:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:40 – 16:13
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. 03:49 – 04:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:09 – 11:58
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:05
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:43 – 05:22 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:39 – 05:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:22 – 06:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:55 – 08:28 | Bad |
| Char | 08:28 – 10:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:01 – 11:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:34 – 13:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:07 – 14:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:40 – 16:13 | Good |
| Rog | 16:13 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:46 – 19:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:13 – 20:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:40 – 22:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:07 – 23:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:34 – 01:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:01 – 02:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:28 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:55 – 05:22 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
- 05:22 NowMars
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:32 NowSaturn
- 11:34 NowJupiter
- 12:36 NowMars
- 13:38 NowSun
- 14:40 NowVenus
- 15:42 NowMercury
- 16:44 NowMoon
- 17:46 NowSaturn
- 18:44 NowJupiter
- 19:42 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:38 NowVenus
- 22:36 NowMercury
- 23:34 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:22 NowMars
- 06:22 NowSun
- 07:22 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:22 NowMoon
- 10:22 NowSaturn
- 11:22 NowJupiter
- 12:22 NowMars
- 13:22 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:22 NowMoon
- 17:22 NowSaturn
- 18:22 NowJupiter
- 19:22 NowMars
- 20:22 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:22 NowMercury
- 23:22 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSaturn
- 01:22 NowJupiter
- 02:22 NowMars
- 03:22 NowSun
- 04:22 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 03:51 Cancer
- 03:51 – 06:03 Leo
- 06:03 – 08:13 Virgo
- 08:13 – 10:27 Libra
- 10:27 – 12:43 Scorpio
- 12:43 – 14:48 Sagittarius
- 14:48 – 16:35 Capricorn
- 16:35 – 18:08 Aquarius
- 18:08 – 19:39 Pisces
- 19:39 – 21:20 Aries
- 21:20 – 23:18 Taurus
- 23:18 – 01:32 next day Gemini
- 01:32 – 03:47 next day Cancer
- 03:47 – 05:22 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