Kolkata panchang, 31 January 2026
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 15:46 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 17:23- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:17 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta 06:17 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta 07:01 – 07:45
- Rahu Kalam 09:03 – 10:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:12
- Yamaganda 13:13 – 14:36
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 08:26 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:33 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
17:23 to 06:16 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:23 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:01 Moon enters Cancer
- 01:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 05:53 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 05:53 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 08:26
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 01:34 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vishkambha until 13:33
- Karana Taitila until 08:26, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 08:26 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:33 Yoga becomes Priti
- 19:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:01 Moon enters Cancer
- 01:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 05:53 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 05:53 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:17 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:17 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:01 – 07:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:36
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:53 – 16:43 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. 04:33 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 19:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:17 – 01:34 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:26 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:17 – 07:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:40 – 09:03 | Good |
| Rog | 09:03 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:26 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Char | 11:50 – 13:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:13 – 14:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:36 – 15:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:59 – 17:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:23 – 18:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:59 – 20:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:36 – 22:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:13 – 23:49 | Good |
| Char | 23:49 – 01:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:26 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:03 – 04:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:40 – 06:16 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
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 11:50 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:41 NowJupiter
- 14:36 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:31 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:49 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:07 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMars
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:17 NowMercury
- 12:17 NowMoon
- 13:17 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:17 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:17 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
- 05:17 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:17 Sagittarius
- 05:17 – 07:04 Capricorn
- 07:04 – 08:37 Aquarius
- 08:37 – 10:08 Pisces
- 10:08 – 11:49 Aries
- 11:49 – 13:47 Taurus
- 13:47 – 16:01 Gemini
- 16:01 – 18:16 Cancer
- 18:16 – 20:28 Leo
- 20:28 – 22:38 Virgo
- 22:38 – 00:52 next day Libra
- 00:52 – 03:08 next day Scorpio
- 03:08 – 05:13 next day Sagittarius
- 05:13 – 06:16 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