Kolkata panchang, 12 January 2027
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 09:01 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 17:09- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:13
- Yamaganda 09:02 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:06
- Gulika Kalam 11:44 – 13:05
- Rahu Kalam 14:27 – 15:48
- 11:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:29 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:09 to 06:19 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:57 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 20:14 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 00:20 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 11:29
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 20:14 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 17:57
- Karana Vishti until 11:29, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:29 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:57 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 20:14 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 00:20 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:38 – 17:57
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:32 – 11:29
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:23
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:05
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:27 – 15:48
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 06:19 – 20:14
- Kana Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 20:14 – 06:19 next day
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. 04:34 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:09 – 19:47
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:19 – 20:14
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:19 – 07:41 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:41 – 09:02 | Avoid |
| Char | 09:02 – 10:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:23 – 11:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:44 – 13:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:05 – 14:27 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 14:27 – 15:48 | Good |
| Rog | 15:48 – 17:09 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 17:09 – 18:48 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:48 – 20:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:27 – 22:06 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 22:06 – 23:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:44 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:23 – 03:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:02 – 04:41 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 04:41 – 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 NowMars
- 07:13 NowSun
- 08:08 NowVenus
- 09:02 NowMercury
- 09:56 NowMoon
- 10:50 NowSaturn
- 11:44 NowJupiter
- 12:38 NowMars
- 13:33 NowSun
- 14:27 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:09 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:21 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:33 NowVenus
- 22:38 NowMercury
- 23:44 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSaturn
- 01:56 NowJupiter
- 03:02 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
- 05:14 NowVenus
- 06:19 NowMars
- 07:19 NowSun
- 08:19 NowVenus
- 09:19 NowMercury
- 10:19 NowMoon
- 11:19 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:19 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:19 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:19 NowMars
- 21:19 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:19 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMoon
- 01:19 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:19 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
- 05:19 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:33 Sagittarius
- 06:33 – 08:19 Capricorn
- 08:19 – 09:53 Aquarius
- 09:53 – 11:24 Pisces
- 11:24 – 13:05 Aries
- 13:05 – 15:03 Taurus
- 15:03 – 17:16 Gemini
- 17:16 – 19:32 Cancer
- 19:32 – 21:43 Leo
- 21:43 – 23:54 Virgo
- 23:54 – 02:08 next day Libra
- 02:08 – 04:23 next day Scorpio
- 04:23 – 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