Kolkata panchang, 3 January 2026
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:03 Moonrise 16:59 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 17:03- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:18 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta 06:18 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta 07:01 – 07:44
- Rahu Kalam 08:59 – 10:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:02
- Yamaganda 13:01 – 14:22
- 09:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:32 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:03 to 06:18 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:03 – 19:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:15 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 15:32
- Nakshatra Ardra until 17:28 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 09:05
- Karana Bava until 15:32, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:32 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:15 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:18 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:18 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:01 – 07:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:01 – 14:22
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:15 – 01:47 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. 04:32 – 05:25
- 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
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:18 – 07:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:38 – 08:59 | Good |
| Rog | 08:59 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:20 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Char | 11:40 – 13:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:01 – 14:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:22 – 15:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:43 – 17:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:03 – 18:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:43 – 20:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:22 – 22:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:01 – 23:41 | Good |
| Char | 23:41 – 01:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:20 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:59 – 04:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:39 – 06:18 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
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 09:53 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:34 NowSaturn
- 13:28 NowJupiter
- 14:22 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:09 NowVenus
- 17:03 NowMercury
- 18:09 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:22 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:34 NowSun
- 23:41 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMercury
- 01:53 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 04:06 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMars
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:02 Scorpio
- 05:02 – 07:07 Sagittarius
- 07:07 – 08:54 Capricorn
- 08:54 – 10:27 Aquarius
- 10:27 – 11:58 Pisces
- 11:58 – 13:39 Aries
- 13:39 – 15:37 Taurus
- 15:37 – 17:51 Gemini
- 17:51 – 20:06 Cancer
- 20:06 – 22:18 Leo
- 22:18 – 00:28 next day Virgo
- 00:28 – 02:42 next day Libra
- 02:42 – 04:58 next day Scorpio
- 04:58 – 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