Kolkata panchang, 18 December 2025
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 16:54 Moonrise 04:37 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:11 to 16:54- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:11 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam 08:52 – 10:12
- Durmuhurta 09:45 – 10:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 11:54
- Rahu Kalam 12:53 – 14:13
- Durmuhurta 14:03 – 14:46
- 15:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 15:47 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
16:54 to 06:12 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:54 – 19:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 04:59 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:59 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 04:59 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 20:07 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 15:05
- Karana Vishti until 15:47, then Shakuni
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 15:47 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 04:59 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:59 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:11 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:45 – 10:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:53 – 14:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:03 – 14:46
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:05 – 17:05
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. 04:25 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:11 – 11:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:54 – 19:34
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:11 – 20:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:59 – 06:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:11 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:31 – 08:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:52 – 10:12 | Bad |
| Char | 10:12 – 11:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:33 – 12:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:53 – 14:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:13 – 15:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:34 – 16:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:54 – 18:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:34 – 20:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:14 – 21:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:53 – 23:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:33 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:13 – 02:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:52 – 04:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:32 – 06:12 next day | Good |
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
- 06:11 NowJupiter
- 07:05 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:52 NowVenus
- 09:45 NowMercury
- 10:39 NowMoon
- 11:33 NowSaturn
- 12:26 NowJupiter
- 13:20 NowMars
- 14:13 NowSun
- 15:07 NowVenus
- 16:01 NowMercury
- 16:54 NowMoon
- 18:01 NowSaturn
- 19:07 NowJupiter
- 20:14 NowMars
- 21:20 NowSun
- 22:26 NowVenus
- 23:33 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMoon
- 01:46 NowSaturn
- 02:52 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
- 05:05 NowSun
- 06:11 NowJupiter
- 07:11 NowMars
- 08:11 NowSun
- 09:11 NowVenus
- 10:11 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:11 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:11 NowSun
- 16:11 NowVenus
- 17:11 NowMercury
- 18:11 NowMoon
- 19:11 NowSaturn
- 20:11 NowJupiter
- 21:11 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:11 NowSaturn
- 03:11 NowJupiter
- 04:11 NowMars
- 05:11 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 06:05 Scorpio
- 06:05 – 08:10 Sagittarius
- 08:10 – 09:57 Capricorn
- 09:57 – 11:30 Aquarius
- 11:30 – 13:01 Pisces
- 13:01 – 14:42 Aries
- 14:42 – 16:40 Taurus
- 16:40 – 18:54 Gemini
- 18:54 – 21:09 Cancer
- 21:09 – 23:21 Leo
- 23:21 – 01:31 next day Virgo
- 01:31 – 03:45 next day Libra
- 03:45 – 06:01 next day Scorpio
- 06:01 – 06:12 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