Kolkata panchang, 8 January 2027
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 06:39 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 17:06- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:40 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta 08:28 – 09:11
- Rahu Kalam 10:22 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:47
- Yamaganda 14:25 – 15:45
- 09:13 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 15:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 15:59 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:06 to 06:19 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:34 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:34 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 04:34 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 09:13 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyaghata until 15:22
- Karana Kimstughna until 15:14, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:13 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 15:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 15:59 Moon enters Capricorn
- 04:34 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:34 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:28 – 09:11
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:47
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:25 – 15:45
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmriti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kulluka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindaraja, as Kulluka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:33 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:06 – 19:45
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:19 – 04:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:19 – 07:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:40 – 09:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:01 – 10:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:22 – 11:43 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 11:43 – 13:04 | Good |
| Rog | 13:04 – 14:25 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 14:25 – 15:45 | Avoid |
| Char | 15:45 – 17:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:06 – 18:45 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:45 – 20:25 | Avoid |
| Labh | 20:25 – 22:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:04 – 23:43 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 23:43 – 01:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:22 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:01 – 04:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:40 – 06:19 next day | Avoid |
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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 04:43 Scorpio
- 04:43 – 06:48 Sagittarius
- 06:48 – 08:35 Capricorn
- 08:35 – 10:09 Aquarius
- 10:09 – 11:40 Pisces
- 11:40 – 13:20 Aries
- 13:20 – 15:19 Taurus
- 15:19 – 17:32 Gemini
- 17:32 – 19:48 Cancer
- 19:48 – 21:59 Leo
- 21:59 – 00:09 next day Virgo
- 00:09 – 02:23 next day Libra
- 02:23 – 04:39 next day Scorpio
- 04:39 – 06:19 next day Sagittarius
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