Kolkata panchang, 4 December 2026
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 01:43 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:02 to 16:50- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:23 – 08:44
- Durmuhurta 08:12 – 08:55
- Rahu Kalam 10:05 – 11:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:04 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 14:08 – 15:29
- 08:23 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 10:23 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 11:21 Karana becomes Balava
Night
16:50 to 06:03 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:02 Moon enters Libra
- 23:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 23:45
- Nakshatra Hasta until 10:23 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ayushman until 08:23
- Karana Bava until 11:21, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:23 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 10:23 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 11:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:02 Moon enters Libra
- 23:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:23 – 08:44
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:12 – 08:55
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:05 – 11:26
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:31
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:08 – 15:29
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. 04:17 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:04 – 11:48
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 16:50 – 19:29
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:02 – 23:45
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:02 – 07:23 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:23 – 08:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:44 – 10:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:05 – 11:26 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 11:26 – 12:47 | Good |
| Rog | 12:47 – 14:08 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 14:08 – 15:29 | Avoid |
| Char | 15:29 – 16:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:50 – 18:29 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:29 – 20:08 | Avoid |
| Labh | 20:08 – 21:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:47 – 23:26 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 23:26 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:06 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:45 – 04:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:24 – 06:03 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
- 06:02 NowVenus
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
- 06:02 NowVenus
- 07:02 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:02 NowMars
- 19:02 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:45 Libra
- 04:45 – 07:01 Scorpio
- 07:01 – 09:06 Sagittarius
- 09:06 – 10:53 Capricorn
- 10:53 – 12:26 Aquarius
- 12:26 – 13:57 Pisces
- 13:57 – 15:38 Aries
- 15:38 – 17:36 Taurus
- 17:36 – 19:50 Gemini
- 19:50 – 22:05 Cancer
- 22:05 – 00:17 next day Leo
- 00:17 – 02:27 next day Virgo
- 02:27 – 04:41 next day Libra
- 04:41 – 06:03 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