Kolkata panchang, 17 January 2026
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 05:10 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 17:13- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:19 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta 06:19 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta 07:03 – 07:47
- Rahu Kalam 09:03 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:08
- Yamaganda 13:08 – 14:30
- 08:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 11:16 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
17:13 to 06:19 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:04 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:04 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 00:04 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 21:18
- Karana Vishti until 11:16, then Shakuni
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 11:16 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:04 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:04 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:19 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:19 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:03 – 07:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:08 – 14:30
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 17:13 – 19:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:19 – 00:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:19 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:41 – 09:03 | Good |
| Rog | 09:03 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:24 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Char | 11:46 – 13:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:08 – 14:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:30 – 15:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:51 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:13 – 18:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:51 – 20:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:29 – 22:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:08 – 23:46 | Good |
| Char | 23:46 – 01:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:24 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:03 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:41 – 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 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 09:57 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 11:46 NowMoon
- 12:41 NowSaturn
- 13:35 NowJupiter
- 14:30 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:13 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:35 NowMars
- 22:41 NowSun
- 23:46 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:57 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:12 Sagittarius
- 06:12 – 07:59 Capricorn
- 07:59 – 09:32 Aquarius
- 09:32 – 11:03 Pisces
- 11:03 – 12:44 Aries
- 12:44 – 14:42 Taurus
- 14:42 – 16:56 Gemini
- 16:56 – 19:11 Cancer
- 19:11 – 21:23 Leo
- 21:23 – 23:33 Virgo
- 23:33 – 01:47 next day Libra
- 01:47 – 04:03 next day Scorpio
- 04:03 – 06:08 next day Sagittarius
- 06:08 – 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