Kolkata panchang, 24 January 2026
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 09:41 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 17:18- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:19 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta 06:19 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta 07:02 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam 09:03 – 10:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:10
- Yamaganda 13:11 – 14:33
- 13:16 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:01 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 14:16 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:18 to 06:18 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:18 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 00:40 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 00:40 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 14:16 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shiva until 14:01
- Karana Kaulava until 13:16, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:16 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:01 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 14:16 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 00:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 00:40 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:19 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:19 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:02 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:33
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 14:16 – 06:18 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 – 05:26
- 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 17:18 – 19:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:19 – 10:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:16 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:19 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:41 – 09:03 | Good |
| Rog | 09:03 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:26 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Char | 11:48 – 13:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:11 – 14:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:33 – 15:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:55 – 17:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:18 – 18:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:55 – 20:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:33 – 22:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:10 – 23:48 | Good |
| Char | 23:48 – 01:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:26 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:03 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:41 – 06:18 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 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 11:48 NowMoon
- 12:43 NowSaturn
- 13:38 NowJupiter
- 14:33 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:33 NowJupiter
- 21:38 NowMars
- 22:43 NowSun
- 23:48 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMars
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:44 Sagittarius
- 05:44 – 07:31 Capricorn
- 07:31 – 09:05 Aquarius
- 09:05 – 10:36 Pisces
- 10:36 – 12:16 Aries
- 12:16 – 14:15 Taurus
- 14:15 – 16:28 Gemini
- 16:28 – 18:44 Cancer
- 18:44 – 20:55 Leo
- 20:55 – 23:05 Virgo
- 23:05 – 01:19 next day Libra
- 01:19 – 03:35 next day Scorpio
- 03:35 – 05:40 next day Sagittarius
- 05:40 – 06:18 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