Kolkata panchang, 9 January 2026
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 22:59 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 17:07- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:40 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:12
- Rahu Kalam 10:22 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 12:05 – 12:48
- Yamaganda 14:25 – 15:46
- 07:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 07:05 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:40 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 16:55 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
17:07 to 06:19 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:39 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 07:05
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 13:40 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 16:55
- Karana Vanija until 07:05, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 07:05 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:40 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 16:55 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 19:39 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:25 – 15:46
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:55 – 19:19
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) 11:22 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:07 – 19:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:19 – 13:40
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:19 – 07:05
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:19 – 07:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:40 – 09:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:01 – 10:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:22 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:43 – 13:04 | Good |
| Rog | 13:04 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:25 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Char | 15:46 – 17:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:07 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:46 – 20:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:25 – 22:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:04 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:43 – 01:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:22 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:01 – 04:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 04:38 Scorpio
- 04:38 – 06:43 Sagittarius
- 06:43 – 08:30 Capricorn
- 08:30 – 10:04 Aquarius
- 10:04 – 11:35 Pisces
- 11:35 – 13:15 Aries
- 13:15 – 15:14 Taurus
- 15:14 – 17:27 Gemini
- 17:27 – 19:43 Cancer
- 19:43 – 21:54 Leo
- 21:54 – 00:04 next day Virgo
- 00:04 – 02:18 next day Libra
- 02:18 – 04:34 next day Scorpio
- 04:34 – 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