Kolkata panchang, 6 January 2026
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 20:16 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 17:05- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:28 – 09:11
- Yamaganda 09:00 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:03
- Gulika Kalam 11:42 – 13:03
- Rahu Kalam 14:24 – 15:44
- 08:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:17 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 12:17 Moon enters Leo
Night
17:05 to 06:19 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:21 Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 08:02
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 12:17 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 20:21
- Karana Vishti until 08:02, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:17 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 12:17 Moon enters Leo
- 19:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:21 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:54 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:28 – 09:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:00 – 10:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:24 – 15:44
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. 04:33 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:05 – 19:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:18 – 12:17
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:18 – 08:02
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:18 – 07:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:39 – 09:00 | Bad |
| Char | 09:00 – 10:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:21 – 11:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:42 – 13:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:03 – 14:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:24 – 15:44 | Good |
| Rog | 15:44 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:05 – 18:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:44 – 20:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:24 – 22:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:03 – 23:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:42 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:21 – 03:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:00 – 04:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:39 – 06:19 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
- 06:18 NowMars
- 07:12 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 09:00 NowMercury
- 09:54 NowMoon
- 10:48 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:36 NowMars
- 13:30 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:11 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:11 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:36 NowMercury
- 23:42 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSaturn
- 01:54 NowJupiter
- 03:00 NowMars
- 04:06 NowSun
- 05:13 NowVenus
- 06:18 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:18 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:18 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
- 05:18 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 04:50 Scorpio
- 04:50 – 06:55 Sagittarius
- 06:55 – 08:42 Capricorn
- 08:42 – 10:16 Aquarius
- 10:16 – 11:47 Pisces
- 11:47 – 13:27 Aries
- 13:27 – 15:26 Taurus
- 15:26 – 17:39 Gemini
- 17:39 – 19:55 Cancer
- 19:55 – 22:06 Leo
- 22:06 – 00:16 next day Virgo
- 00:16 – 02:30 next day Libra
- 02:30 – 04:46 next day Scorpio
- 04:46 – 06:19 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