Kolkata panchang, 1 January 2026
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 14:46 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 17:02- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:17 – 07:38
- Gulika Kalam 08:58 – 10:19
- Durmuhurta 09:52 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:01
- Rahu Kalam 13:00 – 14:21
- Durmuhurta 14:10 – 14:53
- 12:06 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:02 to 06:17 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:12 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:48 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 22:22
- Nakshatra Rohini until 22:48 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 17:12
- Karana Kaulava until 12:06, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:06 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:12 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:48 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:17 – 07:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:52 – 10:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:00 – 14:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:10 – 14:53
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:17 – 22:48
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:48 – 06:17 next day
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. 04:31 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:18 – 12:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:02 – 19:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:48 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:17 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:38 – 08:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:58 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Char | 10:19 – 11:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:40 – 13:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:00 – 14:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:21 – 15:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:41 – 17:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:02 – 18:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:41 – 20:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:21 – 22:00 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:00 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:40 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:19 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:59 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:38 – 06:17 next day | Good |
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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:11 NowMars
- 08:05 NowSun
- 08:58 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:46 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:33 NowJupiter
- 13:27 NowMars
- 14:21 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:08 NowMercury
- 17:02 NowMoon
- 18:08 NowSaturn
- 19:15 NowJupiter
- 20:21 NowMars
- 21:27 NowSun
- 22:33 NowVenus
- 23:40 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 04:05 NowMars
- 05:11 NowSun
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:17 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:17 NowMoon
- 12:17 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:17 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMercury
- 01:17 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
- 05:17 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:10 Scorpio
- 05:10 – 07:15 Sagittarius
- 07:15 – 09:02 Capricorn
- 09:02 – 10:35 Aquarius
- 10:35 – 12:06 Pisces
- 12:06 – 13:47 Aries
- 13:47 – 15:45 Taurus
- 15:45 – 17:59 Gemini
- 17:59 – 20:14 Cancer
- 20:14 – 22:26 Leo
- 22:26 – 00:36 next day Virgo
- 00:36 – 02:50 next day Libra
- 02:50 – 05:06 next day Scorpio
- 05:06 – 06:17 next day Sagittarius
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