Kolkata panchang, 26 January 2028
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 05:59 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 17:19- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:41 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta 11:26 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:11 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:49 – 13:11
- 07:28 Karana becomes Naga
- 13:31 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 16:48 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
17:19 to 06:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:19 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 20:42 Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 20:42
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 16:48 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vajra until 13:31
- Karana Chatushpada until 07:28, then Naga
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:28 Karana becomes Naga
- 13:31 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 16:48 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 20:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 20:42 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:26 – 12:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:11
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. 04:34 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:19 – 19:55
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:18 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:41 – 09:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:03 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 11:49 | Good |
| Rog | 11:49 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Char | 14:34 – 15:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:56 – 17:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:19 – 18:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:56 – 20:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:34 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 23:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:48 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:26 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:03 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:41 – 06:18 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
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:49 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:34 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:39 Sagittarius
- 05:39 – 07:25 Capricorn
- 07:25 – 08:59 Aquarius
- 08:59 – 10:30 Pisces
- 10:30 – 12:11 Aries
- 12:11 – 14:09 Taurus
- 14:09 – 16:22 Gemini
- 16:22 – 18:38 Cancer
- 18:38 – 20:49 Leo
- 20:49 – 22:59 Virgo
- 22:59 – 01:14 next day Libra
- 01:14 – 03:29 next day Scorpio
- 03:29 – 05:35 next day Sagittarius
- 05:35 – 06:18 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