Kolkata · West Bengal
Kolkata Panchang January 2026
Sunrise, sunset and the five sunrise-derived windows for all 31 days, computed for 22.5726°N 88.3639°E.
In January 2026 the sun rises in Kolkata as early as 06:16 on 5 days of the month and as late as 06:18 on all 18 days from Wednesday 7 January to Saturday 24 January — a spread of 2 minutes across the month. Sunset moves from 17:03 on Thursday 1 January to 17:24 on Saturday 31 January. The longest daylight is 11h 08m on Saturday 31 January and the shortest 10h 47m on 2 days of the month.
That matters more than it sounds, because Rahu Kaal, Gulika and Yamaghanta are each one eighth of the interval from sunrise to sunset rather than fixed clock spans — so in Kolkata in January 2026 an eighth runs from 81 minutes to 84 minutes, and a table quoting a flat ninety minutes is wrong here by up to 9 minutes. Rahu Kaal on 1 January, a Thursday, is 13:00-14:21 — the 6th of those eight parts, which is the one a Thursday always takes.
Because the weekday chooses the part, Rahu Kaal’s position on the clock swings much further than sunrise does. Across January 2026 in Kolkata it begins as early as 07:38 on 5 January, a Monday, and as late as 15:56 on 25 January, a Sunday — 8h 18m apart, against a sunrise spread of only 2 minutes. There is no single “Rahu Kaal time” to memorise, here or anywhere.
Kolkata sits 11.15° east of New Delhi, which on longitude alone would put its sunrise 45 minutes earlier. Measured against the national table it actually runs from 58 minutes earlier to 53 minutes earlier across January 2026. It is a range rather than a constant because latitude bends the figure with the season while longitude only shifts it, and here that bend is worth 5 minutes across the month. On the worst day in the table below the national panchang’s Rahu Kaal begins 54 minutes from Kolkata’s. A national table would get Kolkata’s tithi right and every one of its times wrong.
Tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana are the same everywhere in India and are read at sunrise from the same DE421 table the rest of the site uses — listed here for completeness, not because they differ by city: across these 31 sunrises the nakshatra takes 27 of its 27 values and the tithi 29 of its 30. In January 2026 Purnima falls on 3 January; Amavasya on 18 January; the two Ekadashis on 14 January and 29 January.
January 2026 day by day in Kolkata
All times IST. Abhijit is given for every day, including this month’s 4 Wednesdays — 7 January, 14 January, 21 January, 28 January — because the rule that sets it aside on a Wednesday is followed in some traditions and not others. The window is arithmetic; whether to use it that day is not.
| Date | Tithi | Nakshatra | Sunrise | Sunset | Rahu Kaal | Gulika | Abhijit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Thu | Shukla Trayodashi | Rohini | 06:16 | 17:03 | 13:00-14:21 | 08:58-10:19 | 11:18-12:01 |
| 2nd Fri | Shukla Chaturdashi | Mrigashira | 06:16 | 17:04 | 10:19-11:40 | 07:37-08:58 | 11:18-12:02 |
| 3rd Sat | Purnima | Ardra | 06:17 | 17:04 | 08:59-10:20 | 06:17-07:38 | 11:19-12:02 |
| 4th Sun | Krishna Pratipada | Punarvasu | 06:17 | 17:05 | 15:44-17:05 | 14:23-15:44 | 11:19-12:03 |
| 5th Mon | Krishna Dwitiya | Pushya | 06:17 | 17:06 | 07:38-08:59 | 13:03-14:24 | 11:20-12:03 |
| 6th Tue | Krishna Tritiya | Ashlesha | 06:17 | 17:06 | 14:24-15:45 | 11:42-13:03 | 11:20-12:03 |
| 7th Wed | Krishna Panchami | Magha | 06:18 | 17:07 | 11:43-13:04 | 10:21-11:43 | 11:21-12:04 |
| 8th Thu | Krishna Shashthi | Purva Phalguni | 06:18 | 17:08 | 13:04-14:26 | 09:01-10:22 | 11:21-12:05 |
| 9th Fri | Krishna Saptami | Uttara Phalguni | 06:18 | 17:08 | 10:22-11:43 | 07:39-09:01 | 11:21-12:05 |
| 10th Sat | Krishna Saptami | Hasta | 06:18 | 17:09 | 09:01-10:22 | 06:18-07:39 | 11:22-12:05 |
| 11th Sun | Krishna Ashtami | Chitra | 06:18 | 17:10 | 15:49-17:10 | 14:27-15:49 | 11:22-12:06 |
| 12th Mon | Krishna Navami | Swati | 06:18 | 17:10 | 07:40-09:01 | 13:06-14:27 | 11:22-12:06 |
| 13th Tue | Krishna Dashami | Vishakha | 06:18 | 17:11 | 14:28-15:49 | 11:45-13:06 | 11:23-12:06 |
| 14th Wed | Krishna Ekadashi | Anuradha | 06:18 | 17:12 | 11:45-13:07 | 10:23-11:45 | 11:23-12:07 |
| 15th Thu | Krishna Dwadashi | Jyeshtha | 06:18 | 17:12 | 13:07-14:29 | 09:02-10:23 | 11:23-12:07 |
| 16th Fri | Krishna Trayodashi | Moola | 06:18 | 17:13 | 10:24-11:46 | 07:40-09:02 | 11:24-12:07 |
| 17th Sat | Krishna Chaturdashi | Moola | 06:18 | 17:14 | 09:02-10:24 | 06:18-07:40 | 11:24-12:08 |
| 18th Sun | Amavasya | Purva Ashadha | 06:18 | 17:15 | 15:53-17:15 | 14:31-15:53 | 11:25-12:08 |
| 19th Mon | Shukla Pratipada | Uttara Ashadha | 06:18 | 17:15 | 07:40-09:02 | 13:09-14:31 | 11:25-12:08 |
| 20th Tue | Shukla Dwitiya | Shravana | 06:18 | 17:16 | 14:32-15:54 | 11:47-13:09 | 11:25-12:09 |
| 21st Wed | Shukla Tritiya | Dhanishta | 06:18 | 17:17 | 11:48-13:10 | 10:25-11:48 | 11:26-12:09 |
| 22nd Thu | Shukla Chaturthi | Shatabhisha | 06:18 | 17:17 | 13:10-14:32 | 09:03-10:25 | 11:26-12:09 |
| 23rd Fri | Shukla Panchami | Purva Bhadrapada | 06:18 | 17:18 | 10:26-11:48 | 07:41-09:03 | 11:26-12:10 |
| 24th Sat | Shukla Shashthi | Uttara Bhadrapada | 06:18 | 17:19 | 09:03-10:26 | 06:18-07:41 | 11:26-12:11 |
| 25th Sun | Shukla Saptami | Revati | 06:17 | 17:19 | 15:56-17:19 | 14:34-15:56 | 11:26-12:10 |
| 26th Mon | Shukla Ashtami | Ashwini | 06:17 | 17:20 | 07:40-09:03 | 13:11-14:34 | 11:26-12:11 |
| 27th Tue | Shukla Navami | Bharani | 06:17 | 17:21 | 14:35-15:58 | 11:49-13:12 | 11:27-12:11 |
| 28th Wed | Shukla Dashami | Krittika | 06:17 | 17:22 | 11:50-13:13 | 10:26-11:50 | 11:27-12:12 |
| 29th Thu | Shukla Ekadashi | Rohini | 06:16 | 17:22 | 13:12-14:36 | 09:03-10:26 | 11:27-12:11 |
| 30th Fri | Shukla Dwadashi | Ardra | 06:16 | 17:23 | 10:26-11:50 | 07:39-09:03 | 11:27-12:12 |
| 31st Sat | Shukla Trayodashi | Punarvasu | 06:16 | 17:24 | 09:03-10:27 | 06:16-07:40 | 11:28-12:12 |
How to read these windows
- Rahu Kaal is one of the eight equal parts of the daylight interval, chosen by weekday, and nothing new is begun inside it. In Kolkata in January 2026 it lasts 81 minutes to 84 minutes, which over 31 days comes to 42h 21m of this city’s daylight.
- Gulika and Yamaghanta are two other eighths of the same interval, also fixed by weekday: on a Thursday they fall in its 3rd and 1st parts. Gulika is listed in the table above; Yamaghanta on 1 January is 06:16-07:37.
- Abhijit muhurat is the eighth of fifteen equal parts of daylight, the one straddling local solar noon — so it too shifts with Kolkata’s longitude, and being a fifteenth rather than an eighth it runs 43 minutes to 45 minutes here in January 2026 — a little over half the length of Rahu Kaal on the same day. Some traditions set it aside on a Wednesday, of which this month has four; the table above computes it on all of them and leaves the observance to you.
- Brahma muhurat is the ninety-six minutes ending at sunrise, so unlike the eighths it is the same length all year and moves only as sunrise does. On Thursday 1 January in Kolkata that is 04:40-06:16, the month’s earliest, and unchanged on 5 days of the month.
- The five limbs — tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana and the weekday — are read at sunrise, which is why a local sunrise matters even for quantities that do not themselves vary by place.
January 2026 in other cities
A muhurat needs your chart, not only your city
These windows are correct for Kolkata to the minute. Which of January 2026’s suits a particular purpose in Kolkata depends on your birth chart, and that is a conversation.
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