Kolkata panchang, 21 December 2025
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 16:56 Moonrise 07:15 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 16:56- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 11:56
- Yamaganda 11:34 – 12:54
- Gulika Kalam 14:15 – 15:35
- Durmuhurta 15:30 – 16:13
- Rahu Kalam 15:35 – 16:56
- 09:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:35 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
16:56 to 06:13 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:56 – 19:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 09:11
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 03:36 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 16:35
- Karana Bava until 09:11, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:35 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 22:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:34 – 12:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:15 – 15:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:30 – 16:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:35 – 16:56
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) 11:13 – 11:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:56 – 19:35
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:36 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:13 – 07:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:33 – 08:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:53 – 10:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:14 – 11:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:34 – 12:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:54 – 14:15 | Good |
| Rog | 14:15 – 15:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:35 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:56 – 18:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:35 – 20:15 | Good |
| Char | 20:15 – 21:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:55 – 23:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:34 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:14 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:54 – 04:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 06:13 NowSun
- 07:06 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:47 NowSaturn
- 10:41 NowJupiter
- 11:34 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:21 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 18:02 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:34 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:41 NowJupiter
- 01:47 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 05:07 NowMercury
- 06:13 NowSun
- 07:13 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:13 NowMoon
- 10:13 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:13 NowMars
- 13:13 NowSun
- 14:13 NowVenus
- 15:13 NowMercury
- 16:13 NowMoon
- 17:13 NowSaturn
- 18:13 NowJupiter
- 19:13 NowMars
- 20:13 NowSun
- 21:13 NowVenus
- 22:13 NowMercury
- 23:13 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSaturn
- 01:13 NowJupiter
- 02:13 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:13 NowVenus
- 05:13 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:53 Scorpio
- 05:53 – 07:58 Sagittarius
- 07:58 – 09:45 Capricorn
- 09:45 – 11:18 Aquarius
- 11:18 – 12:50 Pisces
- 12:50 – 14:30 Aries
- 14:30 – 16:29 Taurus
- 16:29 – 18:42 Gemini
- 18:42 – 20:58 Cancer
- 20:58 – 23:09 Leo
- 23:09 – 01:19 next day Virgo
- 01:19 – 03:33 next day Libra
- 03:33 – 05:49 next day Scorpio
- 05:49 – 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