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Panchang for Kolkata — 20 July 2026

Shukla Saptami tithi, Hasta nakshatra · Monday · West Bengal (22.5726°, 88.3639°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Shuddha (Pure)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Karka (Ashadha)

A pañcāṅga is the day's five limbs — tithi, vāra, nakṣatra, yoga and karaṇa. All five come from the real positions of the Sun and Moon and change through the day, so they are reckoned from Kolkata (22.5726°, 88.3639°)'s own sunrise — 05:03 AM here today rather than from a national average. Below are today's five with the time each ends, and then the day's auspicious and inauspicious windows.

What it means
TithiShukla Saptamiuntil 04:03 AMBhadra tithi (the 2nd, 7th and 12th of a pakṣa) — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayMondayTravel, liquids, public dealings, peace, mother, gentle works.
NakshatraHasta · pada 2until 07:09 PMKshipra nakshatra — Trade, medicine, learning, fine arts, quick tasks.
YogaShivauntil 06:37 PMAuspicious nitya-yoga — supports the day's works.
KaranaGarauntil 03:41 PMMovable karana — generally workable for most activities.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise05:03 AM
Sunset06:23 PM
Moonrise10:45 AM
Moonset10:25 PM
Moon inVirgo
Sun inCancer
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Grishma

Auspicious windows

Brahma Muhurta03:27 AM – 04:15 AM
Amrit Kalam11:55 AM – 01:36 PM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam06:43 AM – 08:23 AM
Gulika Kalam01:23 PM – 03:03 PM
Yamaganda10:03 AM – 11:43 AM
Varjyam
Abhijit Muhurta11:16 AM – 12:09 PM — a durmuhūrta falls on the Abhijit slot today, so it is not offered as auspicious
Durmuhurta02:49 PM – 03:43 PM

Day Choghadiya

Amrit05:03 AM – 06:43 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal06:43 AM – 08:23 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh08:23 AM – 10:03 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog10:03 AM – 11:43 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg11:43 AM – 01:23 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara01:23 PM – 03:03 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh03:03 PM – 04:43 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit04:43 PM – 06:23 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works

Night Choghadiya

Chara06:23 PM – 07:43 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh07:43 PM – 09:03 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit09:03 PM – 10:23 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal10:23 PM – 11:43 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh11:43 PM – 01:03 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog01:03 AM – 02:23 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg02:23 AM – 03:43 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara03:43 AM – 05:03 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work

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Sources & citations

P Sun/Moon sidereal longitudes via Swiss Ephemeris (pyswisseph), Lahiri/Chitrapaksha ayanamsa
T1 Surya Siddhanta — tithi=Moon−Sun/12°, nakshatra=Moon/13°20′, yoga=(Sun+Moon)/13°20′, karana=half-tithi
T3 Rahu/Yamaganda/Gulika kalam — 8 equal day-octants by weekday (standard panchang convention)
T2 Prasna Marga — Visha (Varjyam) & Amrita ghati table per nakshatra
T2 Muhurta Chintamani — auspicious/inauspicious yogas, masa/ritu/ayana
T2 Abhijit = the midday muhurta — Jaimini Sutras, B. S. Rao 1955, commentator's note to Su.27: “The mid-day goes under the name of Abhijit and is considered as very auspicious for all work. It cuts away all evils. Abhijit sarva doshaghnam.” Day divided into 15 muhurtas of 2 ghati each, varying with daylength — Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra (Tara Chandra Shastri / Khemaraja edition)
T3 Durmuhurta — muhurta slots by weekday (standard panchang convention; no verse for it in our library, so it is not cited to one)
T3 Muhurta Chintamani — Choghadiya/Kalahora prakarana; weekday-rotated 7-cycle