Kolkata panchang, 25 January 2026
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 10:17 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 17:18- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:10
- Yamaganda 11:48 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 14:33 – 15:56
- Durmuhurta 15:50 – 16:34
- Rahu Kalam 15:56 – 17:18
- 11:45 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 11:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:35 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 13:35 Moon enters Aries
Night
17:18 to 06:18 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:18 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 23:10 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 23:10
- Nakshatra Revati until 13:35 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddha until 11:45
- Karana Gara until 11:58, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 11:45 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 11:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:35 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 13:35 Moon enters Aries
- 23:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 23:10 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:33 – 15:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:50 – 16:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:56 – 17:18
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 06:18 – 13:35
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:35 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:18 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:41 – 09:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:03 – 10:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:26 – 11:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:48 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:11 – 14:33 | Good |
| Rog | 14:33 – 15:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:56 – 17:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:18 – 18:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:56 – 20:33 | Good |
| Char | 20:33 – 22:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:11 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:48 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:26 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:03 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 06:18 NowSun
- 07:13 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 11:48 NowMars
- 12:43 NowSun
- 13:38 NowVenus
- 14:33 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:13 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowSun
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:40 Sagittarius
- 05:40 – 07:27 Capricorn
- 07:27 – 09:01 Aquarius
- 09:01 – 10:32 Pisces
- 10:32 – 12:13 Aries
- 12:13 – 14:11 Taurus
- 14:11 – 16:24 Gemini
- 16:24 – 18:40 Cancer
- 18:40 – 20:51 Leo
- 20:51 – 23:01 Virgo
- 23:01 – 01:16 next day Libra
- 01:16 – 03:31 next day Scorpio
- 03:31 – 05:37 next day Sagittarius
- 05:37 – 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