Amrutkaal ॐ अमृतकाल Kharagapur Panchang · 18 June 2026
26.77°N, 79.58°E · Asia/Kolkata
The Five Limbs
Auspicious Times
- Abhijit Muhurat
- 11:45 AM – 12:40 PM
- Brahma Muhurat
- 3:42 AM – 4:30 AM
Times to Avoid
- Rahu Kaal
- 1:56 PM – 3:40 PM
- Gulika Kaal
- 8:45 AM – 10:29 AM
- Yamaganda
- 5:18 AM – 7:01 AM
Kharagapur Rahu Kaal today → Kharagapur Choghadiya today →
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a panchang?
A panchang is the Hindu almanac that describes each day through five limbs — tithi (lunar day), nakshatra (the Moon's constellation), yoga, karana and vara (weekday) — and derives from them the day's auspicious and inauspicious periods. This page computes all of them for Kharagapur every day.
What is the tithi today in Kharagapur?
Today (18 June 2026) the tithi in Kharagapur is Shukla Paksha Chaturthi, until 7:01 PM IST.
What time is Rahu Kaal in Kharagapur today?
Rahu Kaal in Kharagapur today is 1:56 PM – 3:40 PM IST. It is one-eighth of the local daylight between Kharagapur's own sunrise and sunset, so it differs slightly from city to city even within India.
What is the shubh muhurat in Kharagapur today?
Abhijit Muhurat, the most dependable auspicious window of the day, is 11:45 AM – 12:40 PM IST in Kharagapur today. For longer ceremonies, also check the auspicious choghadiya periods listed on this page.
Why is the panchang slightly different for each city?
Sunrise-based periods — Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda, Gulika, choghadiya, Abhijit Muhurat — are fractions of the local day length, and sunrise in Kharagapur (26.77°N, 79.58°E) differs from other cities. That is why this page is computed for Kharagapur's own coordinates.
About Panchang in Kharagapur
The five limbs of the panchang — tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana and vara — have guided Hindu timekeeping for millennia, and this page works all five out specifically for Kharagapur, Uttar Pradesh. On 18 June 2026 the day unfolds under the Shukla Paksha Chaturthi tithi with the Moon in Pushya nakshatra. Because the timings are tied to Kharagapur's own horizon (26.77°N, 79.58°E), they differ from the figures an Indian city would show.
Location is not a detail in panchang work — it is the foundation. Kharagapur, at 26.77°N, 79.58°E in the Asia/Kolkata zone, experiences a day that opens and closes on its own schedule rather than India's. On 18 June 2026 the sun rises over Kharagapur at 5:18 AM and sets at 7:07 PM — figures no Indian city shares — and because Rahu Kalam, Yamaganda, Gulika, the choghadiya periods and Abhijit Muhurat are simply divisions of that local span of daylight, they fall at different clock times here. Even the prevailing tithi can shift across a timezone, since tithi boundaries are fixed worldwide moments that map to different local dates.
Accuracy here rests on observed astronomy. We take Sun and Moon longitudes from the Swiss Ephemeris and apply the Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) ayanamsa — the reference India's Rashtriya Panchang uses — so the results are drik-siddha rather than table-derived. A tithi turns over when the Moon advances another 12° past the Sun, a nakshatra when it steps into the next 13°20′ sector; we express those moments in Asia/Kolkata time and slice every sunrise-dependent period from Kharagapur's own daylight. Each step is set out on our methodology page.
Treat this as your scheduling companion in Kharagapur: before fixing a puja, griha pravesh, mundan, vehicle purchase or journey on Thursday, 18 June 2026, read the tithi and nakshatra, then pick the hour. Abhijit Muhurat (11:45 AM – 12:40 PM) is the day's most dependable auspicious window, while Rahu Kalam (1:56 PM – 3:40 PM) is best avoided for new beginnings. The choghadiya tables above split the day and night of Thursday into auspicious and inauspicious spells — every figure already converted to Kharagapur local time, so what you read is what your clock shows.
Today's Tithi in Kharagapur
The tithi on 18 June 2026 is Shukla Paksha Chaturthi. A tithi is one lunar day — the time the Moon takes to move 12° further from the Sun — and it governs which observances, fasts and ceremonies suit the day. End times on this page are converted to Kharagapur local time (Asia/Kolkata).
Today's Nakshatra in Kharagapur
The Moon is in Pushya nakshatra. The zodiac is divided into 27 nakshatras of 13°20′ each; the one the Moon occupies colours the day's character and matters for naming ceremonies, travel decisions and muhurat selection in Kharagapur.
Today's Yoga in Kharagapur
Today's yoga is Vyaghata. Yoga is computed from the combined longitudes of the Sun and Moon and cycles through 27 names; some yogas are read as favourable for new undertakings while others counsel routine work.
Sunrise and Sunset in Kharagapur
On 18 June 2026 the sun rises in Kharagapur at 5:18 AM and sets at 7:07 PM. Sunrise is the hinge of the whole panchang: the Hindu day begins at local sunrise, and Rahu Kalam, Yamaganda, Gulika and the choghadiya sequence are all equal divisions of the daylight between these two moments.