Kolkata panchang, 4 January 2026
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:04 Moonrise 18:09 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 17:04- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:02
- Yamaganda 11:41 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam 14:22 – 15:43
- Durmuhurta 15:38 – 16:21
- Rahu Kalam 15:43 – 17:04
- 09:43 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:11 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
17:04 to 06:18 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:04 – 19:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:47 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 12:30
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 15:11 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 01:47 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:30, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:43 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:11 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:47 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:22 – 15:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:38 – 16:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:43 – 17:04
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:47 – 02:59 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 17:04 – 19:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:11 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:18 – 07:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:39 – 08:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:59 – 10:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:20 – 11:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:41 – 13:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:02 – 14:22 | Good |
| Rog | 14:22 – 15:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:43 – 17:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:04 – 18:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:43 – 20:22 | Good |
| Char | 20:22 – 22:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:02 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:41 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:20 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:00 – 04:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:06 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:41 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:10 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:10 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:41 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 04:06 NowVenus
- 05:12 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowSun
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 04:58 Scorpio
- 04:58 – 07:03 Sagittarius
- 07:03 – 08:50 Capricorn
- 08:50 – 10:23 Aquarius
- 10:23 – 11:54 Pisces
- 11:54 – 13:35 Aries
- 13:35 – 15:33 Taurus
- 15:33 – 17:47 Gemini
- 17:47 – 20:02 Cancer
- 20:02 – 22:14 Leo
- 22:14 – 00:24 next day Virgo
- 00:24 – 02:38 next day Libra
- 02:38 – 04:54 next day Scorpio
- 04:54 – 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