Kolkata panchang, 8 December 2025
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 16:51 Moonrise 20:32 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 16:51- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:26 – 08:46
- Yamaganda 10:07 – 11:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:32
- Gulika Kalam 12:49 – 14:09
- Durmuhurta 13:59 – 14:42
- 16:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 16:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
16:51 to 06:06 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:51 – 19:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:01 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 03:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 16:03
- Nakshatra Pushya until 02:52 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Brahma until 17:01
- Karana Balava until 16:03, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 16:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 16:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:01 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 03:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 08:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:07 – 11:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:49 – 14:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:59 – 14:42
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 12:45 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:46 – 13:44
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. 04:19 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:06 – 11:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:51 – 19:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:05 – 02:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:05 – 07:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:26 – 08:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:46 – 10:07 | Good |
| Rog | 10:07 – 11:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:28 – 12:49 | Bad |
| Char | 12:49 – 14:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:09 – 15:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:30 – 16:51 | Good |
| Char | 16:51 – 18:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:30 – 20:09 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:09 – 21:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:49 – 23:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:28 – 01:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:08 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:47 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:26 – 06:06 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:46 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:34 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:22 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:03 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 16:51 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 19:03 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:22 NowMars
- 23:28 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:34 NowVenus
- 01:41 NowMercury
- 02:47 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:05 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 04:28 Libra
- 04:28 – 06:44 Scorpio
- 06:44 – 08:49 Sagittarius
- 08:49 – 10:36 Capricorn
- 10:36 – 12:10 Aquarius
- 12:10 – 13:41 Pisces
- 13:41 – 15:21 Aries
- 15:21 – 17:20 Taurus
- 17:20 – 19:33 Gemini
- 19:33 – 21:49 Cancer
- 21:49 – 00:00 next day Leo
- 00:00 – 02:10 next day Virgo
- 02:10 – 04:24 next day Libra
- 04:24 – 06:06 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