Kolkata panchang, 15 December 2025
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 16:53 Moonrise 01:58 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 16:53- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:30 – 08:50
- Yamaganda 10:11 – 11:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:53 – 12:36
- Gulika Kalam 12:52 – 14:12
- Durmuhurta 14:01 – 14:44
- 08:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:08 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:30 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
16:53 to 06:10 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:53 – 19:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 21:20 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 21:20
- Nakshatra Chitra until 11:08 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 12:30
- Karana Bava until 08:03, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:08 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:30 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 21:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 21:20 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 08:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:11 – 11:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:53 – 12:36
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:30 – 14:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:01 – 14:44
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:09 – 11:08
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. 04:23 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:10 – 11:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:53 – 19:32
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:09 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:30 – 08:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:50 – 10:11 | Good |
| Rog | 10:11 – 11:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:31 – 12:52 | Bad |
| Char | 12:52 – 14:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:12 – 15:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:33 – 16:53 | Good |
| Char | 16:53 – 18:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:33 – 20:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:12 – 21:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:52 – 23:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:31 – 01:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:11 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:51 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:30 – 06:10 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
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:03 NowSaturn
- 07:57 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:44 NowSun
- 10:38 NowVenus
- 11:31 NowMercury
- 12:25 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:06 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 16:53 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 19:06 NowMoon
- 20:12 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:25 NowMars
- 23:31 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:38 NowVenus
- 01:44 NowMercury
- 02:51 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
- 05:03 NowJupiter
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 06:16 Scorpio
- 06:16 – 08:22 Sagittarius
- 08:22 – 10:09 Capricorn
- 10:09 – 11:42 Aquarius
- 11:42 – 13:13 Pisces
- 13:13 – 14:54 Aries
- 14:54 – 16:52 Taurus
- 16:52 – 19:05 Gemini
- 19:05 – 21:21 Cancer
- 21:21 – 23:32 Leo
- 23:32 – 01:43 next day Virgo
- 01:43 – 03:57 next day Libra
- 03:57 – 06:10 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