Kolkata panchang, 28 December 2025
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 16:59 Moonrise 11:39 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 16:59- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 11:59
- Yamaganda 11:38 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 14:19 – 15:39
- Durmuhurta 15:34 – 16:17
- Rahu Kalam 15:39 – 16:59
- 08:43 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 10:13 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:00 Karana becomes Balava
Night
16:59 to 06:16 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:59 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 12:00
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 08:43 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 10:13
- Karana Bava until 12:00, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:43 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 10:13 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:13 – 20:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:38 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:19 – 15:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:34 – 16:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:39 – 16:59
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 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:16 – 11:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:59 – 19:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:16 – 08:43
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:43 – 06:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:16 – 07:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:36 – 08:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:57 – 10:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:17 – 11:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:38 – 12:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:58 – 14:19 | Good |
| Rog | 14:19 – 15:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:39 – 16:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:59 – 18:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:39 – 20:19 | Good |
| Char | 20:19 – 21:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:58 – 23:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:38 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:57 – 04:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:37 – 06:16 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
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:09 NowVenus
- 08:03 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:44 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:31 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:12 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:12 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:38 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:44 NowJupiter
- 01:51 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 04:03 NowVenus
- 05:10 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:25 Scorpio
- 05:25 – 07:31 Sagittarius
- 07:31 – 09:17 Capricorn
- 09:17 – 10:51 Aquarius
- 10:51 – 12:22 Pisces
- 12:22 – 14:03 Aries
- 14:03 – 16:01 Taurus
- 16:01 – 18:14 Gemini
- 18:14 – 20:30 Cancer
- 20:30 – 22:41 Leo
- 22:41 – 00:51 next day Virgo
- 00:51 – 03:06 next day Libra
- 03:06 – 05:21 next day Scorpio
- 05:21 – 06:16 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