Kolkata panchang, 28 January 2026
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 12:33 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 17:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:40 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta 11:27 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:11 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:49 – 13:12
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 16:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 16:36 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:21 to 06:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:21 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:17 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 16:36
- Nakshatra Krittika until 09:27 · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 23:54
- Karana Gara until 16:36, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 16:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 16:36 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:17 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:27 – 12:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:12
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:21 – 19:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:18 – 09:27
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:18 – 09:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:18 – 06:17 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:27 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:18 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:40 – 09:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:03 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 11:49 | Good |
| Rog | 11:49 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:12 – 14:35 | Bad |
| Char | 14:35 – 15:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:58 – 17:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:21 – 18:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:58 – 20:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:35 – 22:12 | Good |
| Char | 22:12 – 23:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:49 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:26 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:03 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:40 – 06:17 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 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:49 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:29 Sagittarius
- 05:29 – 07:16 Capricorn
- 07:16 – 08:49 Aquarius
- 08:49 – 10:20 Pisces
- 10:20 – 12:01 Aries
- 12:01 – 13:59 Taurus
- 13:59 – 16:12 Gemini
- 16:12 – 18:28 Cancer
- 18:28 – 20:39 Leo
- 20:39 – 22:50 Virgo
- 22:50 – 01:04 next day Libra
- 01:04 – 03:19 next day Scorpio
- 03:19 – 05:25 next day Sagittarius
- 05:25 – 06:17 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