Kolkata panchang, 26 December 2025
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 16:58 Moonrise 10:31 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 16:58- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:35 – 08:56
- Durmuhurta 08:24 – 09:06
- Rahu Kalam 10:16 – 11:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta 11:58 – 12:41
- Yamaganda 14:17 – 15:38
- 09:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 13:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 13:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:01 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
16:58 to 06:15 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:58 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:10 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 13:44
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 09:00 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 14:01
- Karana Taitila until 13:44, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 13:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 13:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:01 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:10 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 08:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:24 – 09:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:58 – 12:41
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:01 – 12:21 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:17 – 15:38
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. 04:29 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 11:58
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:58 – 19:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:15 – 09:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:15 – 13:44
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:15 – 07:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:35 – 08:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:56 – 10:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:16 – 11:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:37 – 12:57 | Good |
| Rog | 12:57 – 14:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:17 – 15:38 | Bad |
| Char | 15:38 – 16:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:58 – 18:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:38 – 20:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:18 – 21:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:57 – 23:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:37 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:16 – 02:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:56 – 04:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:36 – 06:15 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
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:37 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:33 Scorpio
- 05:33 – 07:38 Sagittarius
- 07:38 – 09:25 Capricorn
- 09:25 – 10:59 Aquarius
- 10:59 – 12:30 Pisces
- 12:30 – 14:10 Aries
- 14:10 – 16:09 Taurus
- 16:09 – 18:22 Gemini
- 18:22 – 20:38 Cancer
- 20:38 – 22:49 Leo
- 22:49 – 00:59 next day Virgo
- 00:59 – 03:13 next day Libra
- 03:13 – 05:29 next day Scorpio
- 05:29 – 06:15 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