Kolkata panchang, 18 January 2026
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 05:58 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 17:14- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:08
- Yamaganda 11:46 – 13:08
- Gulika Kalam 14:30 – 15:52
- Durmuhurta 15:46 – 16:30
- Rahu Kalam 15:52 – 17:14
- 10:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 12:46 Karana becomes Naga
- 16:41 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:14 to 06:19 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:21 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:21 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 10:14 · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 21:11
- Karana Chatushpada until 12:46, then Naga
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 12:46 Karana becomes Naga
- 16:41 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:21 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:30 – 15:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:46 – 16:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:52 – 17:14
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:11 – 22:23
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) 11:25 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:14 – 19:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:14 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:19 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:41 – 09:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:03 – 10:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:25 – 11:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:46 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:08 – 14:30 | Good |
| Rog | 14:30 – 15:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:52 – 17:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:14 – 18:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:52 – 20:30 | Good |
| Char | 20:30 – 22:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:08 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:46 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:25 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:03 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:46 NowMars
- 12:41 NowSun
- 13:36 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:41 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowSun
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:08 Sagittarius
- 06:08 – 07:55 Capricorn
- 07:55 – 09:28 Aquarius
- 09:28 – 10:59 Pisces
- 10:59 – 12:40 Aries
- 12:40 – 14:38 Taurus
- 14:38 – 16:52 Gemini
- 16:52 – 19:07 Cancer
- 19:07 – 21:19 Leo
- 21:19 – 23:29 Virgo
- 23:29 – 01:43 next day Libra
- 01:43 – 03:59 next day Scorpio
- 03:59 – 06:04 next day Sagittarius
- 06:04 – 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