Kolkata panchang, 2 January 2026
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:03 Moonrise 15:50 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 17:03- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:38 – 08:59
- Durmuhurta 08:26 – 09:09
- Rahu Kalam 10:19 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 12:02 – 12:45
- Yamaganda 14:21 – 15:42
- 08:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 13:07 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
17:03 to 06:18 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:03 – 19:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 18:53
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 20:04 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 13:07
- Karana Gara until 08:38, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 13:07 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 08:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:26 – 09:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:02 – 12:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:21 – 15:42
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) 11:19 – 12:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:03 – 19:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:17 – 20:04
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:17 – 07:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:38 – 08:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:59 – 10:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:19 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:40 – 13:01 | Good |
| Rog | 13:01 – 14:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:21 – 15:42 | Bad |
| Char | 15:42 – 17:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:03 – 18:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:42 – 20:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:21 – 22:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:01 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:40 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:20 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:59 – 04:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:38 – 06:18 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:34 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:06 Scorpio
- 05:06 – 07:11 Sagittarius
- 07:11 – 08:58 Capricorn
- 08:58 – 10:31 Aquarius
- 10:31 – 12:02 Pisces
- 12:02 – 13:43 Aries
- 13:43 – 15:41 Taurus
- 15:41 – 17:55 Gemini
- 17:55 – 20:10 Cancer
- 20:10 – 22:22 Leo
- 22:22 – 00:32 next day Virgo
- 00:32 – 02:46 next day Libra
- 02:46 – 05:02 next day Scorpio
- 05:02 – 06:18 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