Kolkata panchang, 2 February 2026
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 17:57 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 17:24- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:39 – 09:03
- Yamaganda 10:26 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam 13:13 – 14:37
- Durmuhurta 14:26 – 15:10
- 07:20 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 14:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:24 to 06:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:24 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:47 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 22:47 Moon enters Leo
- 01:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:45 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 01:52 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 22:47 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ayushman until 07:20
- Karana Balava until 14:42, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:20 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 14:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:47 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 22:47 Moon enters Leo
- 01:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:45 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:26 – 15:10
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 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:24 – 19:58
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:16 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:39 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:03 – 10:26 | Good |
| Rog | 10:26 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:50 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Char | 13:13 – 14:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:37 – 16:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:00 – 17:24 | Good |
| Char | 17:24 – 19:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:00 – 20:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:37 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:13 – 23:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:50 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:26 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:03 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:39 – 06:15 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
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:41 NowSaturn
- 14:37 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:24 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:32 NowMoon
- 20:37 NowSaturn
- 21:41 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:07 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:09 Sagittarius
- 05:09 – 06:56 Capricorn
- 06:56 – 08:29 Aquarius
- 08:29 – 10:00 Pisces
- 10:00 – 11:41 Aries
- 11:41 – 13:39 Taurus
- 13:39 – 15:53 Gemini
- 15:53 – 18:08 Cancer
- 18:08 – 20:20 Leo
- 20:20 – 22:30 Virgo
- 22:30 – 00:44 next day Libra
- 00:44 – 03:00 next day Scorpio
- 03:00 – 05:05 next day Sagittarius
- 05:05 – 06:15 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