Kolkata panchang, 21 January 2026
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 07:59 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 17:16- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:41 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam 10:25 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta 11:25 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:09 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:47 – 13:09
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:48 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:16 to 06:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 02:47 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 13:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:58
- Karana Taitila until 14:48, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:25 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:47 – 13:09
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:19 – 13:58
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:16 – 19:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:58 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:19 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:41 – 09:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:03 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:25 – 11:47 | Good |
| Rog | 11:47 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:09 – 14:32 | Bad |
| Char | 14:32 – 15:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:54 – 17:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:16 – 18:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:54 – 20:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:31 – 22:09 | Good |
| Char | 22:09 – 23:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:47 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:03 – 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
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:47 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:37 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:47 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 03:03 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)
- 04:35 – 05:56 Sagittarius
- 05:56 – 07:43 Capricorn
- 07:43 – 09:17 Aquarius
- 09:17 – 10:48 Pisces
- 10:48 – 12:28 Aries
- 12:28 – 14:27 Taurus
- 14:27 – 16:40 Gemini
- 16:40 – 18:56 Cancer
- 18:56 – 21:07 Leo
- 21:07 – 23:17 Virgo
- 23:17 – 01:31 next day Libra
- 01:31 – 03:47 next day Scorpio
- 03:47 – 05:52 next day Sagittarius
- 05:52 – 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