Kolkata panchang, 19 December 2025
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 16:55 Moonrise 05:31 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 16:55- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:32 – 08:52
- Durmuhurta 08:20 – 09:03
- Rahu Kalam 10:13 – 11:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta 11:55 – 12:37
- Yamaganda 14:14 – 15:34
- 15:46 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
16:55 to 06:12 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:55 – 19:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:08 Karana becomes Naga
- 22:51 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 22:51 Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 07:13 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 22:51 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 15:46
- Karana Chatushpada until 18:08, then Naga
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:46 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 18:08 Karana becomes Naga
- 22:51 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 22:51 Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:32 – 08:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:20 – 09:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:55 – 12:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:14 – 15:34
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:46 – 18:10
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:12 – 22:51
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) 11:12 – 11:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:55 – 19:34
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:12 – 07:32 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:32 – 08:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:52 – 10:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:13 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:33 – 12:54 | Good |
| Rog | 12:54 – 14:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:14 – 15:34 | Bad |
| Char | 15:34 – 16:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:55 – 18:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:34 – 20:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:14 – 21:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:54 – 23:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:33 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:13 – 02:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:53 – 04:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:32 – 06:12 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
- 06:12 NowVenus
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:33 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
- 06:12 NowVenus
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:12 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:12 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:12 NowSun
- 20:12 NowVenus
- 21:12 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:12 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:12 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 06:01 Scorpio
- 06:01 – 08:06 Sagittarius
- 08:06 – 09:53 Capricorn
- 09:53 – 11:26 Aquarius
- 11:26 – 12:57 Pisces
- 12:57 – 14:38 Aries
- 14:38 – 16:36 Taurus
- 16:36 – 18:50 Gemini
- 18:50 – 21:05 Cancer
- 21:05 – 23:17 Leo
- 23:17 – 01:27 next day Virgo
- 01:27 – 03:41 next day Libra
- 03:41 – 05:57 next day Scorpio
- 05:57 – 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