Kolkata panchang, 12 December 2025
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 16:52 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 16:52- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:28 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta 08:16 – 08:59
- Rahu Kalam 10:09 – 11:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:08 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta 11:51 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 14:11 – 15:31
- 10:20 Moon enters Virgo
- 11:12 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 14:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 14:57 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:52 to 06:08 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:52 – 19:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 14:57
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 05:50 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Priti until 11:12
- Karana Kaulava until 14:57, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:20 Moon enters Virgo
- 11:12 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 14:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 14:57 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:16 – 08:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:09 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:51 – 12:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:11 – 15:31
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. 04:21 – 05:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:08 – 11:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:52 – 19:31
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:08 – 07:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:28 – 08:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:49 – 10:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:09 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:30 – 12:50 | Good |
| Rog | 12:50 – 14:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:11 – 15:31 | Bad |
| Char | 15:31 – 16:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:52 – 18:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:31 – 20:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:11 – 21:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:50 – 23:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:30 – 01:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:10 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:49 – 04:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:29 – 06:08 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
- 06:08 NowVenus
- 07:01 NowMercury
- 07:55 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 06:28 Scorpio
- 06:28 – 08:33 Sagittarius
- 08:33 – 10:20 Capricorn
- 10:20 – 11:54 Aquarius
- 11:54 – 13:25 Pisces
- 13:25 – 15:06 Aries
- 15:06 – 17:04 Taurus
- 17:04 – 19:17 Gemini
- 19:17 – 21:33 Cancer
- 21:33 – 23:44 Leo
- 23:44 – 01:54 next day Virgo
- 01:54 – 04:09 next day Libra
- 04:09 – 06:08 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