Kolkata panchang, 22 December 2025
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 16:56 Moonrise 08:02 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:33 – 08:54
- Yamaganda 10:14 – 11:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:56 – 12:39
- Gulika Kalam 12:55 – 14:15
- Durmuhurta 14:05 – 14:48
- 10:07 Moon enters Capricorn
- 10:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 10:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:40 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
16:56 to 06:14 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:56 – 19:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:35 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 10:52
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 05:32 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 16:40
- Karana Kaulava until 10:52, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:07 Moon enters Capricorn
- 10:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 10:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:40 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 23:35 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:33 – 08:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:56 – 12:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:55 – 14:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:05 – 14:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:40 – 20:16
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:13 – 23:05
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 23:05 – 06:14 next day
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. 04:27 – 05:20
- 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 – 19:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:32 – 06:14 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:32 – 06:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:13 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:33 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:54 – 10:14 | Good |
| Rog | 10:14 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:35 – 12:55 | Bad |
| Char | 12:55 – 14:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:15 – 15:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:36 – 16:56 | Good |
| Char | 16:56 – 18:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:36 – 20:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:16 – 21:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:55 – 23:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:35 – 01:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:15 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:54 – 04:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:34 – 06:14 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:47 NowSun
- 10:41 NowVenus
- 11:35 NowMercury
- 12:28 NowMoon
- 13:22 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 16:56 NowVenus
- 18:03 NowMercury
- 19:09 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:22 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:35 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:41 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:54 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 05:07 NowJupiter
- 06:13 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:49 Scorpio
- 05:49 – 07:54 Sagittarius
- 07:54 – 09:41 Capricorn
- 09:41 – 11:14 Aquarius
- 11:14 – 12:46 Pisces
- 12:46 – 14:26 Aries
- 14:26 – 16:25 Taurus
- 16:25 – 18:38 Gemini
- 18:38 – 20:54 Cancer
- 20:54 – 23:05 Leo
- 23:05 – 01:15 next day Virgo
- 01:15 – 03:29 next day Libra
- 03:29 – 05:45 next day Scorpio
- 05:45 – 06:14 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