Kolkata panchang, 22 January 2026
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 08:33 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:19 – 07:41
- Gulika Kalam 09:03 – 10:25
- Durmuhurta 09:58 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:10
- Rahu Kalam 13:10 – 14:32
- Durmuhurta 14:21 – 15:05
- 14:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 14:41 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:16 to 06:19 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:37 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 02:28 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 02:28 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 02:28 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:27 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Variyan until 17:37
- Karana Vanija until 14:41, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 14:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 14:41 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:37 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 02:28 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 02:28 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:19 – 07:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:58 – 10:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:21 – 15:05
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:41 – 02:28 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:37 – 04:48 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) 11:26 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:16 – 19:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:19 – 14:27
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:28 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:19 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:41 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:03 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Char | 10:25 – 11:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:48 – 13:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:10 – 14:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:32 – 15:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:54 – 17:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:16 – 18:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:54 – 20:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:32 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:10 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:48 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:25 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:03 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 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 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 10:53 NowMoon
- 11:48 NowSaturn
- 12:42 NowJupiter
- 13:37 NowMars
- 14:32 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:22 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:22 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:32 NowMars
- 21:37 NowSun
- 22:42 NowVenus
- 23:48 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 03:03 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
- 05:14 NowSun
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:19 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:52 Sagittarius
- 05:52 – 07:39 Capricorn
- 07:39 – 09:13 Aquarius
- 09:13 – 10:44 Pisces
- 10:44 – 12:24 Aries
- 12:24 – 14:23 Taurus
- 14:23 – 16:36 Gemini
- 16:36 – 18:52 Cancer
- 18:52 – 21:03 Leo
- 21:03 – 23:13 Virgo
- 23:13 – 01:27 next day Libra
- 01:27 – 03:43 next day Scorpio
- 03:43 – 05:48 next day Sagittarius
- 05:48 – 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