Kolkata panchang, 5 December 2026
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 02:37 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 16:50- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:03 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta 06:03 – 06:46
- Durmuhurta 06:46 – 07:29
- Rahu Kalam 08:45 – 10:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:05 – 11:48
- Yamaganda 12:47 – 14:08
- 07:53 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 11:49 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:15 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:50 to 06:04 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 00:52 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 00:52 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 11:49 · lord Mars
- Yoga Saubhagya until 07:53
- Karana Kaulava until 12:15, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:53 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 11:49 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:15 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 00:52 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:03 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:03 – 06:46
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:46 – 07:29
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:45 – 10:06
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:47 – 14:08
- Kana Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 06:03 – 11:49
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 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:05 – 11:48
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 16:50 – 19:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:49 – 06:04 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 11:49 – 06:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:03 – 07:24 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:24 – 08:45 | Good |
| Rog | 08:45 – 10:06 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 10:06 – 11:26 | Avoid |
| Char | 11:26 – 12:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:47 – 14:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:08 – 15:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:29 – 16:50 | Avoid |
| Labh | 16:50 – 18:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:29 – 20:08 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 20:08 – 21:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:48 – 23:27 | Good |
| Char | 23:27 – 01:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:06 – 02:45 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 02:45 – 04:24 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 04:24 – 06:04 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 06:57 NowJupiter
- 07:51 NowMars
- 08:45 NowSun
- 09:39 NowVenus
- 10:33 NowMercury
- 11:26 NowMoon
- 12:20 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:08 NowMars
- 15:02 NowSun
- 15:56 NowVenus
- 16:50 NowMercury
- 17:56 NowMoon
- 19:02 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:21 NowSun
- 23:27 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMercury
- 01:39 NowMoon
- 02:45 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 04:57 NowMars
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:03 NowJupiter
- 08:03 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:03 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 14:03 NowJupiter
- 15:03 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 17:03 NowVenus
- 18:03 NowMercury
- 19:03 NowMoon
- 20:03 NowSaturn
- 21:03 NowJupiter
- 22:03 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:03 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:41 Libra
- 04:41 – 06:57 Scorpio
- 06:57 – 09:02 Sagittarius
- 09:02 – 10:49 Capricorn
- 10:49 – 12:22 Aquarius
- 12:22 – 13:53 Pisces
- 13:53 – 15:34 Aries
- 15:34 – 17:32 Taurus
- 17:32 – 19:46 Gemini
- 19:46 – 22:01 Cancer
- 22:01 – 00:13 next day Leo
- 00:13 – 02:23 next day Virgo
- 02:23 – 04:37 next day Libra
- 04:37 – 06:04 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