Kolkata panchang, 7 January 2026
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 21:13 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 17:06- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:40 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam 10:21 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:21 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:04 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 13:03
- 06:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 06:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:56 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
17:06 to 06:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:33 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 18:37 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 06:53
- Nakshatra Magha until 11:56 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ayushman until 18:33
- Karana Balava until 06:53, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 06:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:56 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 18:33 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 18:37 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:21 – 12:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:03
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:44
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:19 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:40 – 09:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:00 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:21 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:03 – 14:24 | Bad |
| Char | 14:24 – 15:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:45 – 17:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:06 – 18:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:45 – 20:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:24 – 22:03 | Good |
| Char | 22:03 – 23:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:42 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:21 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:01 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:40 – 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
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:36 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 04:46 Scorpio
- 04:46 – 06:51 Sagittarius
- 06:51 – 08:38 Capricorn
- 08:38 – 10:12 Aquarius
- 10:12 – 11:43 Pisces
- 11:43 – 13:23 Aries
- 13:23 – 15:22 Taurus
- 15:22 – 17:35 Gemini
- 17:35 – 19:51 Cancer
- 19:51 – 22:02 Leo
- 22:02 – 00:12 next day Virgo
- 00:12 – 02:26 next day Libra
- 02:26 – 04:42 next day Scorpio
- 04:42 – 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