Kolkata panchang, 14 January 2026
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 02:29 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 17:11- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:41 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta 11:23 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:07 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:45 – 13:07
Night
17:11 to 06:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 17:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:55 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 03:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 17:53
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 03:03 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 19:55
- Karana Balava until 17:53, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 17:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:55 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 03:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:23 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:07
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:11 – 19:48
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:19 – 03:03 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:19 – 03:03 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:53 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:19 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:41 – 09:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:02 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 11:45 | Good |
| Rog | 11:45 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:07 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Char | 14:28 – 15:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:49 – 17:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:11 – 18:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:49 – 20:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:28 – 22:07 | Good |
| Char | 22:07 – 23:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:45 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:02 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:41 – 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
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:34 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:34 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:14 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)
- 04:34 – 06:24 Sagittarius
- 06:24 – 08:11 Capricorn
- 08:11 – 09:44 Aquarius
- 09:44 – 11:15 Pisces
- 11:15 – 12:56 Aries
- 12:56 – 14:54 Taurus
- 14:54 – 17:07 Gemini
- 17:07 – 19:23 Cancer
- 19:23 – 21:34 Leo
- 21:34 – 23:45 Virgo
- 23:45 – 01:59 next day Libra
- 01:59 – 04:14 next day Scorpio
- 04:14 – 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