Kolkata panchang, 8 January 2026
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 22:07 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 17:07- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:19 – 07:40
- Gulika Kalam 09:01 – 10:22
- Durmuhurta 09:55 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:04
- Rahu Kalam 13:04 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta 14:14 – 14:57
- 06:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:34 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:24 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
17:07 to 06:19 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 18:39 Moon enters Virgo
- 18:43 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 06:34
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 12:24 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 17:25
- Karana Taitila until 06:34, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:34 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:24 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 18:39 Moon enters Virgo
- 18:43 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:19 – 07:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:55 – 10:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:14 – 14:57
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 12:24 – 06:19 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. 04:33 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:07 – 19:45
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:19 – 06:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:24 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:19 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:40 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:01 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Char | 10:22 – 11:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:43 – 13:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:04 – 14:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:25 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:46 – 17:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:07 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:46 – 20:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:25 – 22:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:04 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:43 – 01:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:22 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:01 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:40 – 06:19 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
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMars
- 08:07 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 09:55 NowMercury
- 10:49 NowMoon
- 11:43 NowSaturn
- 12:37 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:13 NowMercury
- 17:07 NowMoon
- 18:13 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:37 NowVenus
- 23:43 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMoon
- 01:55 NowSaturn
- 03:01 NowJupiter
- 04:07 NowMars
- 05:13 NowSun
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:19 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 04:42 Scorpio
- 04:42 – 06:47 Sagittarius
- 06:47 – 08:34 Capricorn
- 08:34 – 10:08 Aquarius
- 10:08 – 11:39 Pisces
- 11:39 – 13:19 Aries
- 13:19 – 15:18 Taurus
- 15:18 – 17:31 Gemini
- 17:31 – 19:47 Cancer
- 19:47 – 21:58 Leo
- 21:58 – 00:08 next day Virgo
- 00:08 – 02:22 next day Libra
- 02:22 – 04:38 next day Scorpio
- 04:38 – 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