Kolkata panchang, 27 January 2026
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 11:41 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 17:20- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:30 – 09:14
- Yamaganda 09:03 – 10:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:11
- Gulika Kalam 11:49 – 13:12
- Rahu Kalam 14:34 – 15:57
- 06:19 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 08:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 16:45 Moon enters Taurus
Night
17:20 to 06:18 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:20 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 19:05 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:13 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 05:53 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 19:05
- Nakshatra Bharani until 11:09 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shubha until 06:19
- Karana Balava until 08:14, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:19 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 08:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 16:45 Moon enters Taurus
- 19:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 19:05 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:13 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 05:53 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:30 – 09:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:34 – 15:57
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 17:20 – 19:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:09 – 06:18 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:09 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:18 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:41 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Char | 09:03 – 10:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:26 – 11:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:49 – 13:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:12 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:34 – 15:57 | Good |
| Rog | 15:57 – 17:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:20 – 18:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:57 – 20:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:34 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:11 – 23:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:49 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:26 – 03:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:03 – 04:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:40 – 06:18 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
- 06:18 NowMars
- 07:13 NowSun
- 08:08 NowVenus
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 09:59 NowMoon
- 10:54 NowSaturn
- 11:49 NowJupiter
- 12:44 NowMars
- 13:39 NowSun
- 14:34 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:25 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:25 NowJupiter
- 19:29 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:39 NowVenus
- 22:44 NowMercury
- 23:49 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 03:03 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
- 05:13 NowVenus
- 06:18 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:18 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:18 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
- 05:18 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:33 Sagittarius
- 05:33 – 07:20 Capricorn
- 07:20 – 08:53 Aquarius
- 08:53 – 10:24 Pisces
- 10:24 – 12:05 Aries
- 12:05 – 14:03 Taurus
- 14:03 – 16:16 Gemini
- 16:16 – 18:32 Cancer
- 18:32 – 20:43 Leo
- 20:43 – 22:54 Virgo
- 22:54 – 01:08 next day Libra
- 01:08 – 03:23 next day Scorpio
- 03:23 – 05:29 next day Sagittarius
- 05:29 – 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