Kolkata panchang, 3 December 2025
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 15:11 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:02 to 16:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:23 – 08:44
- Gulika Kalam 10:05 – 11:26
- Durmuhurta 11:04 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:04 – 11:47 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:26 – 12:47
- 12:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 12:26 Karana becomes Gara
Night
16:50 to 06:02 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 16:57 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:33 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:14 Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 12:26
- Nakshatra Bharani until 18:00 · lord Venus
- Yoga Parigha until 16:57
- Karana Taitila until 12:26, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 12:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 12:26 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:57 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:33 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:14 Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:08 – 07:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 08:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:05 – 11:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:04 – 11:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:26 – 12:47
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:02 – 18:00
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. 04:16 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:04 – 11:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:50 – 19:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:00 – 06:02 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:00 – 06:02 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:00 – 06:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:02 – 07:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:23 – 08:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:44 – 10:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:05 – 11:26 | Good |
| Rog | 11:26 – 12:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:47 – 14:08 | Bad |
| Char | 14:08 – 15:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:29 – 16:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:50 – 18:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:29 – 20:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:08 – 21:47 | Good |
| Char | 21:47 – 23:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:26 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:05 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:44 – 04:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:23 – 06:02 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
- 06:02 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 19:02 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 06:02 NowMercury
- 07:02 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 18:02 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:48 Libra
- 04:48 – 07:04 Scorpio
- 07:04 – 09:09 Sagittarius
- 09:09 – 10:56 Capricorn
- 10:56 – 12:29 Aquarius
- 12:29 – 14:00 Pisces
- 14:00 – 15:41 Aries
- 15:41 – 17:39 Taurus
- 17:39 – 19:53 Gemini
- 19:53 – 22:08 Cancer
- 22:08 – 00:20 next day Leo
- 00:20 – 02:30 next day Virgo
- 02:30 – 04:44 next day Libra
- 04:44 – 06:02 next day Scorpio
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