Kolkata panchang, 12 January 2026
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 00:43 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 17:09- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:41 – 09:02
- Yamaganda 10:23 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:49
- Gulika Kalam 13:06 – 14:27
- Durmuhurta 14:16 – 14:59
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:43 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:09 to 06:19 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 12:43
- Nakshatra Swati until 21:05 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 18:12
- Karana Gara until 12:43, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:43 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:06 – 14:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:16 – 14:59
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:12 – 20:12
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 03:20 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 02:11 – 04:29 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. 04:34 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:09 – 19:47
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:19 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:41 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:02 – 10:23 | Good |
| Rog | 10:23 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:44 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Char | 13:06 – 14:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:27 – 15:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:48 – 17:09 | Good |
| Char | 17:09 – 18:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:48 – 20:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:27 – 22:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:06 – 23:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:44 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:23 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:02 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:41 – 06:19 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:44 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:33 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:09 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:33 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:44 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:50 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowJupiter
- 06:19 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:19 NowMars
- 10:19 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:19 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:32 Sagittarius
- 06:32 – 08:18 Capricorn
- 08:18 – 09:52 Aquarius
- 09:52 – 11:23 Pisces
- 11:23 – 13:04 Aries
- 13:04 – 15:02 Taurus
- 15:02 – 17:15 Gemini
- 17:15 – 19:31 Cancer
- 19:31 – 21:42 Leo
- 21:42 – 23:52 Virgo
- 23:52 – 02:07 next day Libra
- 02:07 – 04:22 next day Scorpio
- 04:22 – 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