Kolkata panchang, 16 December 2025
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 16:53 Moonrise 02:49 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:10 to 16:53- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:19 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 08:51 – 10:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 11:53
- Gulika Kalam 11:32 – 12:52
- Rahu Kalam 14:13 – 15:33
- 10:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:23 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 14:09 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
16:53 to 06:10 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:53 – 19:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:57 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 23:57
- Nakshatra Swati until 14:09 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 13:23
- Karana Kaulava until 10:38, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:23 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 14:09 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 23:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:57 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:19 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:51 – 10:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:32 – 12:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:13 – 15:33
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. 04:24 – 05:17
- 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 – 19:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:57 – 06:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:10 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:30 – 08:51 | Bad |
| Char | 08:51 – 10:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:11 – 11:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:32 – 12:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:52 – 14:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:13 – 15:33 | Good |
| Rog | 15:33 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:53 – 18:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:33 – 20:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:13 – 21:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:52 – 23:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:32 – 01:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:12 – 02:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:51 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:31 – 06:10 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
- 06:10 NowMars
- 07:04 NowSun
- 07:57 NowVenus
- 08:51 NowMercury
- 09:44 NowMoon
- 10:38 NowSaturn
- 11:32 NowJupiter
- 12:25 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:13 NowVenus
- 15:06 NowMercury
- 16:00 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 19:06 NowMars
- 20:13 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:25 NowMercury
- 23:32 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSaturn
- 01:45 NowJupiter
- 02:51 NowMars
- 03:58 NowSun
- 05:04 NowVenus
- 06:10 NowMars
- 07:10 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:10 NowMercury
- 10:10 NowMoon
- 11:10 NowSaturn
- 12:10 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:10 NowSun
- 15:10 NowVenus
- 16:10 NowMercury
- 17:10 NowMoon
- 18:10 NowSaturn
- 19:10 NowJupiter
- 20:10 NowMars
- 21:10 NowSun
- 22:10 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:10 NowSaturn
- 02:10 NowJupiter
- 03:10 NowMars
- 04:10 NowSun
- 05:10 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 06:12 Scorpio
- 06:12 – 08:18 Sagittarius
- 08:18 – 10:05 Capricorn
- 10:05 – 11:38 Aquarius
- 11:38 – 13:09 Pisces
- 13:09 – 14:50 Aries
- 14:50 – 16:48 Taurus
- 16:48 – 19:02 Gemini
- 19:02 – 21:17 Cancer
- 21:17 – 23:28 Leo
- 23:28 – 01:39 next day Virgo
- 01:39 – 03:53 next day Libra
- 03:53 – 06:09 next day Scorpio
- 06:09 – 06:10 next day Sagittarius
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