Kolkata panchang, 31 December 2025
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:01 Moonrise 13:48 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 17:01- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:37 – 08:58
- Gulika Kalam 10:19 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta 11:18 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:01 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:39 – 13:00
- 09:23 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:27 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:01 to 06:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:01 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:13 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 01:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 01:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 01:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 01:48 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 01:30 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 21:13
- Karana Bava until 15:27, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:23 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:13 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 01:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 01:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 01:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 08:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:18 – 12:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:00
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. 04:31 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:18 – 12:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:01 – 19:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:17 – 01:30 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:17 – 01:30 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:17 – 01:48 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:30 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:17 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:37 – 08:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:58 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:19 – 11:39 | Good |
| Rog | 11:39 – 13:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:00 – 14:20 | Bad |
| Char | 14:20 – 15:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:41 – 17:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:01 – 18:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:41 – 20:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:20 – 22:00 | Good |
| Char | 22:00 – 23:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:39 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:19 – 02:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:58 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:38 – 06:17 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
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:33 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:01 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:33 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:13 Scorpio
- 05:13 – 07:19 Sagittarius
- 07:19 – 09:06 Capricorn
- 09:06 – 10:39 Aquarius
- 10:39 – 12:10 Pisces
- 12:10 – 13:51 Aries
- 13:51 – 15:49 Taurus
- 15:49 – 18:03 Gemini
- 18:03 – 20:18 Cancer
- 20:18 – 22:30 Leo
- 22:30 – 00:40 next day Virgo
- 00:40 – 02:54 next day Libra
- 02:54 – 05:10 next day Scorpio
- 05:10 – 06:17 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