Kolkata panchang, 20 January 2026
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 07:22 Magha 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 17:15- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:30 – 09:14
- Yamaganda 09:03 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:09
- Gulika Kalam 11:47 – 13:09
- Rahu Kalam 14:31 – 15:53
- 13:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 14:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:15 to 06:19 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:35 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 02:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:43 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:43 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 13:07 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 20:01
- Karana Balava until 14:31, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 14:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:01 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:35 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 02:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:43 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:30 – 09:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:47 – 13:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 15:53
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:01 – 18:58 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:07 – 06:19 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. 04:35 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:15 – 19:52
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:43 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:19 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:41 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Char | 09:03 – 10:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:25 – 11:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:47 – 13:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:09 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:31 – 15:53 | Good |
| Rog | 15:53 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:15 – 18:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:53 – 20:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:31 – 22:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:09 – 23:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:47 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:25 – 03:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:03 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 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 NowMars
- 07:14 NowSun
- 08:08 NowVenus
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 09:58 NowMoon
- 10:52 NowSaturn
- 11:47 NowJupiter
- 12:42 NowMars
- 13:36 NowSun
- 14:31 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:36 NowVenus
- 22:42 NowMercury
- 23:47 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 03:03 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
- 05:14 NowVenus
- 06:19 NowMars
- 07:19 NowSun
- 08:19 NowVenus
- 09:19 NowMercury
- 10:19 NowMoon
- 11:19 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:19 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:19 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:19 NowMars
- 21:19 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:19 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMoon
- 01:19 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:19 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
- 05:19 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 06:00 Sagittarius
- 06:00 – 07:47 Capricorn
- 07:47 – 09:20 Aquarius
- 09:20 – 10:52 Pisces
- 10:52 – 12:32 Aries
- 12:32 – 14:31 Taurus
- 14:31 – 16:44 Gemini
- 16:44 – 19:00 Cancer
- 19:00 – 21:11 Leo
- 21:11 – 23:21 Virgo
- 23:21 – 01:35 next day Libra
- 01:35 – 03:51 next day Scorpio
- 03:51 – 05:56 next day Sagittarius
- 05:56 – 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