Kolkata panchang, 26 January 2026
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 10:56 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 17:19- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:41 – 09:03
- Yamaganda 10:26 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam 13:11 – 14:34
- Durmuhurta 14:23 – 15:07
- 09:11 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 10:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:33 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
17:19 to 06:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:19 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 21:18
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 12:33 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sadhya until 09:11
- Karana Vishti until 10:17, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:11 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 10:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:33 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:23 – 15:07
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 14:38 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:39 – 15:38
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) 11:27 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:19 – 19:55
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:18 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:41 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:03 – 10:26 | Good |
| Rog | 10:26 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:49 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Char | 13:11 – 14:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:34 – 15:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:57 – 17:19 | Good |
| Char | 17:19 – 18:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:56 – 20:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:34 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:11 – 23:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:49 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:26 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:03 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:41 – 06:18 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:49 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:39 NowSaturn
- 14:34 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:24 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:39 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:49 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:37 Sagittarius
- 05:37 – 07:23 Capricorn
- 07:23 – 08:57 Aquarius
- 08:57 – 10:28 Pisces
- 10:28 – 12:09 Aries
- 12:09 – 14:07 Taurus
- 14:07 – 16:20 Gemini
- 16:20 – 18:36 Cancer
- 18:36 – 20:47 Leo
- 20:47 – 22:57 Virgo
- 22:57 – 01:12 next day Libra
- 01:12 – 03:27 next day Scorpio
- 03:27 – 05:33 next day Sagittarius
- 05:33 – 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