Kolkata panchang, 20 December 2025
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 16:55 Moonrise 06:25 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:12 – 07:32
- Durmuhurta 06:12 – 06:55
- Durmuhurta 06:55 – 07:38
- Rahu Kalam 08:53 – 10:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 11:55
- Yamaganda 12:54 – 14:14
- 07:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:13 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
16:55 to 06:13 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:55 – 19:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 07:13
- Nakshatra Mula until 01:21 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 16:17
- Karana Naga until 07:13, then Kimstughna
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:13 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 20:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:12 – 07:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:12 – 06:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:55 – 07:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:53 – 10:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:54 – 14:14
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. 04:26 – 05:19
- 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 – 19:35
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:12 – 07:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:32 – 08:53 | Good |
| Rog | 08:53 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:13 – 11:34 | Bad |
| Char | 11:34 – 12:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:54 – 14:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:14 – 15:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:35 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:55 – 18:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:35 – 20:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:15 – 21:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:54 – 23:34 | Good |
| Char | 23:34 – 01:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:14 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:53 – 04:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:33 – 06:13 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
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 08:53 NowSun
- 09:46 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:34 NowMoon
- 12:27 NowSaturn
- 13:21 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:02 NowVenus
- 16:55 NowMercury
- 18:02 NowMoon
- 19:08 NowSaturn
- 20:15 NowJupiter
- 21:21 NowMars
- 22:27 NowSun
- 23:34 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMercury
- 01:47 NowMoon
- 02:53 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 05:06 NowMars
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:12 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:12 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:12 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:12 NowMoon
- 20:12 NowSaturn
- 21:12 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:12 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:12 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:12 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:57 Scorpio
- 05:57 – 08:02 Sagittarius
- 08:02 – 09:49 Capricorn
- 09:49 – 11:22 Aquarius
- 11:22 – 12:53 Pisces
- 12:53 – 14:34 Aries
- 14:34 – 16:32 Taurus
- 16:32 – 18:46 Gemini
- 18:46 – 21:01 Cancer
- 21:01 – 23:13 Leo
- 23:13 – 01:23 next day Virgo
- 01:23 – 03:37 next day Libra
- 03:37 – 05:53 next day Scorpio
- 05:53 – 06:13 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