Kolkata panchang, 4 February 2026
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 19:53 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 17:25- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:39 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta 11:28 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:12 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:50 – 13:14
- 12:20 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:25 to 06:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:25 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:12 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 00:10 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 00:10 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 01:04 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 04:20 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 00:10 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 22:12 · lord Venus
- Yoga Atiganda until 01:04 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:20, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:12 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 00:10 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 00:10 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 01:04 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 04:20 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:39 – 05:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:28 – 12:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:14
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:20 – 00:10 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. 04:32 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:25 – 19:59
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:15 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:39 – 09:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:03 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 11:50 | Good |
| Rog | 11:50 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:14 – 14:38 | Bad |
| Char | 14:38 – 16:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:01 – 17:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:25 – 19:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:01 – 20:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:37 – 22:14 | Good |
| Char | 22:14 – 23:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:50 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:26 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:02 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:38 – 06:15 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
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:33 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:01 Sagittarius
- 05:01 – 06:48 Capricorn
- 06:48 – 08:21 Aquarius
- 08:21 – 09:53 Pisces
- 09:53 – 11:33 Aries
- 11:33 – 13:32 Taurus
- 13:32 – 15:45 Gemini
- 15:45 – 18:01 Cancer
- 18:01 – 20:12 Leo
- 20:12 – 22:22 Virgo
- 22:22 – 00:36 next day Libra
- 00:36 – 02:52 next day Scorpio
- 02:52 – 04:57 next day Sagittarius
- 04:57 – 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