Kolkata panchang, 16 January 2026
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 04:18 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 17:12- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:41 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta 08:30 – 09:13
- Rahu Kalam 10:24 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:51
- Yamaganda 14:29 – 15:51
- 09:22 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:12 to 06:19 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:22
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:12 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 21:06
- Karana Gara until 09:22, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:30 – 09:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 15:51
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:06 – 00:42 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) 11:24 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:12 – 19:50
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:19 – 07:41 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:41 – 09:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:03 – 10:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:24 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:46 – 13:07 | Good |
| Rog | 13:07 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:29 – 15:51 | Bad |
| Char | 15:51 – 17:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:12 – 18:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:51 – 20:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:29 – 22:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:07 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:46 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:24 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:03 – 04:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:46 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:14 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)
- 04:34 – 06:16 Sagittarius
- 06:16 – 08:03 Capricorn
- 08:03 – 09:36 Aquarius
- 09:36 – 11:07 Pisces
- 11:07 – 12:48 Aries
- 12:48 – 14:46 Taurus
- 14:46 – 17:00 Gemini
- 17:00 – 19:15 Cancer
- 19:15 – 21:27 Leo
- 21:27 – 23:37 Virgo
- 23:37 – 01:51 next day Libra
- 01:51 – 04:07 next day Scorpio
- 04:07 – 06:12 next day Sagittarius
- 06:12 – 06:19 next day Capricorn
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