Kolkata panchang, 2 December 2026
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 16:50 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 16:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:22 – 08:43
- Gulika Kalam 10:04 – 11:25
- Durmuhurta 11:04 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:04 – 11:47 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:25 – 12:46
- 08:55 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 10:31 Yoga becomes Priti
- 10:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:59 Moon enters Virgo
Night
16:50 to 06:02 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 22:52 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 22:52
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 08:55 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vishkambha until 10:31
- Karana Taitila until 10:59, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:55 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 10:31 Yoga becomes Priti
- 10:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:59 Moon enters Virgo
- 22:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 22:52 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:43
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:25
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:04 – 11:47
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:25 – 12:46
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmriti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kulluka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindaraja, as Kulluka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:15 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:04 – 11:47
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 16:50 – 19:28
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:01 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:22 – 08:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:43 – 10:04 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:04 – 11:25 | Good |
| Rog | 11:25 – 12:46 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 12:46 – 14:07 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:07 – 15:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:29 – 16:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:50 – 18:29 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:29 – 20:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:08 – 21:47 | Good |
| Char | 21:47 – 23:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:26 – 01:05 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:05 – 02:44 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 02:44 – 04:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:23 – 06:02 next day | Avoid |
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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:37 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 19:02 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:53 Libra
- 04:53 – 07:09 Scorpio
- 07:09 – 09:14 Sagittarius
- 09:14 – 11:01 Capricorn
- 11:01 – 12:34 Aquarius
- 12:34 – 14:05 Pisces
- 14:05 – 15:46 Aries
- 15:46 – 17:44 Taurus
- 17:44 – 19:58 Gemini
- 19:58 – 22:13 Cancer
- 22:13 – 00:25 next day Leo
- 00:25 – 02:35 next day Virgo
- 02:35 – 04:49 next day Libra
- 04:49 – 06:02 next day Scorpio
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