Kolkata panchang, 23 January 2026
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 09:07 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 17:17- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:41 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta 08:30 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam 10:26 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 12:10 – 12:54
- Yamaganda 14:33 – 15:55
- 08:33 Moon enters Pisces
- 14:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 15:59 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
17:17 to 06:19 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:17 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 01:46 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 14:33 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 15:59
- Karana Bava until 14:10, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:33 Moon enters Pisces
- 14:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 15:59 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:30 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:10 – 12:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:33 – 15:55
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 17:17 – 19:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:33 – 06:19 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:46 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:19 – 07:41 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:41 – 09:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:03 – 10:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:26 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:48 – 13:10 | Good |
| Rog | 13:10 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:33 – 15:55 | Bad |
| Char | 15:55 – 17:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:17 – 18:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:55 – 20:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:32 – 22:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:10 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:48 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:26 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:03 – 04:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:48 Sagittarius
- 05:48 – 07:35 Capricorn
- 07:35 – 09:09 Aquarius
- 09:09 – 10:40 Pisces
- 10:40 – 12:20 Aries
- 12:20 – 14:19 Taurus
- 14:19 – 16:32 Gemini
- 16:32 – 18:48 Cancer
- 18:48 – 20:59 Leo
- 20:59 – 23:09 Virgo
- 23:09 – 01:23 next day Libra
- 01:23 – 03:39 next day Scorpio
- 03:39 – 05:44 next day Sagittarius
- 05:44 – 06:19 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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