Kolkata panchang, 24 December 2025
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 16:57 Moonrise 09:22 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:34 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam 10:15 – 11:36
- Durmuhurta 11:14 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 11:57 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:36 – 12:56
- 07:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:11 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:02 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
16:57 to 06:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:57 – 19:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:46 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 13:11
- Nakshatra Shravana until 07:07 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 16:02
- Karana Vishti until 13:11, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:11 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:02 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 19:46 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:34 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:14 – 11:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:36 – 12:56
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:02 – 17:14
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:07 – 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. 04:28 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 19:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:14 – 07:07
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:14 – 07:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:34 – 08:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:55 – 10:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:15 – 11:36 | Good |
| Rog | 11:36 – 12:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:56 – 14:16 | Bad |
| Char | 14:16 – 15:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:37 – 16:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:57 – 18:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:37 – 20:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:17 – 21:56 | Good |
| Char | 21:56 – 23:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:36 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:16 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:55 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:35 – 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 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:36 NowVenus
- 12:29 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:04 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 18:04 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:41 Scorpio
- 05:41 – 07:46 Sagittarius
- 07:46 – 09:33 Capricorn
- 09:33 – 11:07 Aquarius
- 11:07 – 12:38 Pisces
- 12:38 – 14:18 Aries
- 14:18 – 16:17 Taurus
- 16:17 – 18:30 Gemini
- 18:30 – 20:46 Cancer
- 20:46 – 22:57 Leo
- 22:57 – 01:07 next day Virgo
- 01:07 – 03:21 next day Libra
- 03:21 – 05:37 next day Scorpio
- 05:37 – 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