Kolkata, West Bengal, India · Saturday, 04 Jul 2026

Jyeshtha, krishna · Tithi 4

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What this page tells you. The panchang is the Hindu almanac for one day and one place: the tithi (lunar day), nakshatra (the Moon’s star), yoga, karana and weekday, together with sunrise and sunset.

How to read it. Check the five parts at the top first, then the timings. Rahu Kaal and Yamaganda are periods the tradition avoids for starting new things; Abhijit is generally treated as the favourable midday window. Choghadiya splits the day into eight parts, each named good, neutral or poor.

Good to know: Times are worked out for the place you choose and change with it. Customs differ by region and family. If a ritual matters to you, confirm the timing with your priest or family tradition.

Sunrise

04:56

Sunset

18:25

Moonrise

21:28

Moonset

08:28

Moonrise and moonset are for the calendar day (midnight to midnight) at this place. The Moon comes up about 50 minutes later each day, so on some dates it does not rise, or does not set, within that day. A dash then means the event falls on the neighbouring day.

The five limbs

Each limb ends at the instant shown.
Limb	Value	Ends	What the texts say
Tithi	Chaturthi then Panchami	12:40	Rikta (empty) Classically avoided for beginnings; used for clearing, demolition and ending things deliberately.
Nakshatra	Dhanishta then Shatabhisha	13:44	The drum: rhythm, music and wealth. Read as prosperity through timing and through performance.
Yoga	Priti then Ayushman	17:01	auspicious Counted among the favourable yogas in the muhurta literature.
Karana	Balava then Kaulava · until 01:09 (05 Jul 2026) then Taitila	12:40	One of the seven movable karanas, which repeat through the month.
Vara	Saturday	—	Ruled by Saturn. Associated with labour, iron and long undertakings.

Muhurta classifications from the classical muhurta literature (Muhurta Chintamani and the Panchang tradition). These are selection rules, not predictions.

Day periods

Sunrise 04:56
Sunset 18:25

Traditionally avoided
Traditionally favoured

Sun and muhurtas

Period	From	To	What the texts say
Sunrise	04:56	—
Sunset	18:25	—
Rahu kaal	08:18	09:59	An inauspicious period of about 90 minutes, its position set by the weekday. The texts advise against starting anything new in it.
Gulika	04:56	06:37	Saturn's sub-period; avoided for the same reasons as Rahu kaal, and regarded as more persistent in effect.
Yamaganda	13:21	15:03	A third inauspicious window, again fixed by weekday.
Abhijit	11:13	12:07	The eighth muhurta of the day, straddling local noon. Classically the most auspicious window of the day and the standard fallback when no other muhurta is available - except on Wednesdays.
Brahma muhurta	03:32	04:14	Before dawn: traditionally the hour for waking, prayer, meditation and study.
Pratah sandhya	03:53	04:56	The dawn sandhya, ending at sunrise: the time for the morning prayers.
Vijaya muhurta	13:55	14:49	Favoured for setting out on journeys and for work where success is wanted.
Godhuli muhurta	18:25	18:46	Cow-dust hour at sunset: favoured for weddings in many regions.
Sayahna sandhya	18:25	19:28	The dusk sandhya, from sunset: the time for the evening prayers.
Nishita muhurta	23:20	00:02 05 Jul 2026	The midnight muhurta, counterpart of Abhijit: kept for Shiva and Kali worship, as on Shivaratri.
Dur muhurta	04:56	05:50	Avoided for auspicious beginnings.
Dur muhurta	05:50	06:44	Avoided for auspicious beginnings.
Varjyam	21:22	23:04	About an hour and a half fixed by the Moon's nakshatra, also called tyajyam: new undertakings are avoided in it. Much observed in the south, alongside Rahu kalam.

The day at a glance

Day length (dinamana): 13 h 28 min
Night length (ratrimana): 10 h 31 min
Midday (madhyahna): 11:40
Disha shool — direction to avoid for travel: East

Sunrise is taken when the upper edge of the Sun clears the horizon, allowing for atmospheric refraction — the convention of the Drik panchang. Almanacs that use the centre of the Sun can differ by two to four minutes.

More of the day

Moon sign: Aquarius
Sun sign: Gemini
Nakshatra pada: Dhanishta pada 3 · until 07:17
Dhanishta pada 4 · until 13:44
Shatabhisha pada 1 · until 20:09
Shatabhisha pada 2 · until 02:32 (05 Jul 2026)
Shatabhisha pada 3
Sun's nakshatra: Ardra pada 4
Anandadi yoga: Vardhamana · until 13:44
then Ananda
Shaka samvat: 1948 Parabhava
Vikram samvat: 2083
Gujarati samvat: 2082 Pingala
Ritu (by lunar month): Grishma
Ritu (by the Sun's season): Varsha
Ayana (sidereal): Uttarayana
Ayana (by the solstices): Dakshinayana
Chandra vasa (Moon's direction): West
Rahu vasa (Rahu's direction): East

The Shaka year changes at Chaitra shukla pratipada and the Gujarati year at Kartika shukla pratipada, the day after Diwali. The two ritus differ because one follows the lunar month and the other the Sun's actual season.

Yogas and windows of the day
Period	From	What the texts say
Ravi yoga	Not today	When the Moon's nakshatra is the 4th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 13th or 20th from the Sun's: held to cancel many faults of the day, so it is sought for starting work.
Bhadra	Not today	The Vishti karana. Auspicious work is avoided in it, most of all while Bhadra is said to stay on earth; in the heavens or the underworld it is held harmless here.
Ganda moola	Not today	The Moon in Ashwini, Ashlesha, Magha, Jyeshtha, Mula or Revati, the nakshatras at the joins of water and fire signs. A birth in it is traditionally followed by a shanti.
Panchaka	Whole day	The Moon in Kumbha or Meena, from the second half of Dhanishtha to the end of Revati. Southward travel, roofing and gathering firewood are traditionally put off.

Choghadiya

The night sequence starts at a different point in the cycle from the day one, which is why the two are tabulated separately rather than one being derived from the other.

Day

Choghadiya	From	To	Quality
Kaal	04:56	06:37	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Shubh	06:37	08:18	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Rog	08:18	09:59	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Udveg	09:59	11:40	avoid government work only
Chal	11:40	13:21	neutral travel and movement
Labh	13:21	15:03	good trade, starting a business, gain
Amrit	15:03	16:44	best anything at all
Kaal	16:44	18:25	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools

Night

Choghadiya	From	To	Quality
Labh	18:25	19:44	good trade, starting a business, gain
Udveg	19:44	21:03	avoid government work only
Shubh	21:03	22:22	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Amrit	22:22	23:41	best anything at all
Chal	23:41	01:00	neutral travel and movement
Rog	01:00	02:18	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Kaal	02:18	03:37	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Labh	03:37	04:56	good trade, starting a business, gain

Gowri panchangam

The Tamil reckoning divides the same eight parts of the day and names them differently. It is a separate table, not a translation - the two disagree about which part of the day is favourable.

Gowri	From	To	Quality
Sugam	04:56	06:37	good travel, ease, hospitality
Amirdham	06:37	08:18	best anything auspicious
Uthi	08:18	09:59	neutral ordinary work
Soram	09:59	11:40	avoid nothing new
Rogam	11:40	13:21	avoid medicine only
Visham	13:21	15:03	avoid nothing new
Labham	15:03	16:44	good gain, new work
Dhanam	16:44	18:25	good money, purchase, trade

Hora

Twenty-four horas from sunrise, in the Chaldean order. They are UNEQUAL - the twelve day horas divide daylight and the twelve night horas divide darkness - so a summer day hora runs longer than an hour and its night hora shorter. The first hora of any day belongs to that day's own lord, which is where the weekday names come from.

#	Hora lord	From	To	Suited to
1	Saturn	04:56	06:03	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
2	Jupiter	06:03	07:11	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
3	Mars	07:11	08:18	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
4	Sun	08:18	09:26	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
5	Venus	09:26	10:33	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
6	Mercury	10:33	11:40	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
7	Moon	11:40	12:48	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
8	Saturn	12:48	13:55	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
9	Jupiter	13:55	15:03	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
10	Mars	15:03	16:10	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
11	Sun	16:10	17:17	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
12	Venus	17:17	18:25	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
13 night	Mercury	18:25	19:17	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
14 night	Moon	19:17	20:10	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
15 night	Saturn	20:10	21:03	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
16 night	Jupiter	21:03	21:55	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
17 night	Mars	21:55	22:48	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
18 night	Sun	22:48	23:41	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
19 night	Venus	23:41	00:33	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
20 night	Mercury	00:33	01:26	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
21 night	Moon	01:26	02:18	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
22 night	Saturn	02:18	03:11	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
23 night	Jupiter	03:11	04:04	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
24 night	Mars	04:04	04:56	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting

Festivals and observances

Lunar month (amanta)	Jyeshtha
Lunar month (purnimanta)	Ashadha
Paksha	krishna
Tithi	4

The two reckonings name this month differently - the same day, two correct names.

Sankashti Chaturthi — for Ganesha, in the dark half