Kolkata panchang, 23 December 2025
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 16:57 Moonrise 08:44 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 16:57- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:22 – 09:05
- Yamaganda 08:54 – 10:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 11:57
- Gulika Kalam 11:35 – 12:56
- Rahu Kalam 14:16 – 15:36
- 12:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 12:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:30 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
16:57 to 06:14 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:57 – 19:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:45 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 12:13
- Nakshatra Shravana until 07:07 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 16:30
- Karana Gara until 12:13, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 12:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:30 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:45 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:22 – 09:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 12:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:16 – 15:36
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) 11:14 – 11:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:57 – 19:36
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:14 – 06:14 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:14 – 12:13
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:14 – 07:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:34 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Char | 08:54 – 10:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:15 – 11:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:35 – 12:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:56 – 14:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:16 – 15:36 | Good |
| Rog | 15:36 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:57 – 18:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:36 – 20:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:16 – 21:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:56 – 23:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:35 – 01:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:15 – 02:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:55 – 04:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:34 – 06:14 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
- 06:14 NowMars
- 07:07 NowSun
- 08:01 NowVenus
- 08:54 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:42 NowSaturn
- 11:35 NowJupiter
- 12:29 NowMars
- 13:22 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:03 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 18:03 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:35 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSaturn
- 01:48 NowJupiter
- 02:55 NowMars
- 04:01 NowSun
- 05:08 NowVenus
- 06:14 NowMars
- 07:14 NowSun
- 08:14 NowVenus
- 09:14 NowMercury
- 10:14 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:14 NowJupiter
- 13:14 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:14 NowMercury
- 17:14 NowMoon
- 18:14 NowSaturn
- 19:14 NowJupiter
- 20:14 NowMars
- 21:14 NowSun
- 22:14 NowVenus
- 23:14 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMoon
- 01:14 NowSaturn
- 02:14 NowJupiter
- 03:14 NowMars
- 04:14 NowSun
- 05:14 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:45 Scorpio
- 05:45 – 07:50 Sagittarius
- 07:50 – 09:37 Capricorn
- 09:37 – 11:11 Aquarius
- 11:11 – 12:42 Pisces
- 12:42 – 14:22 Aries
- 14:22 – 16:21 Taurus
- 16:21 – 18:34 Gemini
- 18:34 – 20:50 Cancer
- 20:50 – 23:01 Leo
- 23:01 – 01:11 next day Virgo
- 01:11 – 03:25 next day Libra
- 03:25 – 05:41 next day Scorpio
- 05:41 – 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