Kolkata panchang, 6 December 2026
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 03:32 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 16:50- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:05 – 11:48
- Yamaganda 11:27 – 12:48
- Gulika Kalam 14:09 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta 15:24 – 16:07
- Rahu Kalam 15:29 – 16:50
- 07:41 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 13:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:38 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
16:50 to 06:04 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:22 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 02:22 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 13:38 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shobhana until 07:41
- Karana Gara until 13:34, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:41 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 13:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:38 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:22 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:41 – 10:05
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:27 – 12:48
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:09 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 15:24 – 16:07
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:29 – 16:50
- Utpata Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 13:38 – 06:04 next day
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. 04:18 – 05:11
- 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
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:04 – 07:24 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:24 – 08:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:45 – 10:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:06 – 11:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:27 – 12:48 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 12:48 – 14:09 | Good |
| Rog | 14:09 – 15:29 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 15:29 – 16:50 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 16:50 – 18:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:30 – 20:09 | Good |
| Char | 20:09 – 21:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:48 – 23:27 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 23:27 – 01:06 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 01:06 – 02:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:46 – 04:25 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 04:25 – 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
- 06:04 NowSun
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 07:51 NowMercury
- 08:45 NowMoon
- 09:39 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:27 NowMars
- 12:21 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:21 NowMoon
- 23:27 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:33 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:58 NowMercury
- 06:04 NowSun
- 07:04 NowVenus
- 08:04 NowMercury
- 09:04 NowMoon
- 10:04 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:04 NowVenus
- 15:04 NowMercury
- 16:04 NowMoon
- 17:04 NowSaturn
- 18:04 NowJupiter
- 19:04 NowMars
- 20:04 NowSun
- 21:04 NowVenus
- 22:04 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 03:04 NowSun
- 04:04 NowVenus
- 05:04 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 04:37 Libra
- 04:37 – 06:53 Scorpio
- 06:53 – 08:58 Sagittarius
- 08:58 – 10:45 Capricorn
- 10:45 – 12:18 Aquarius
- 12:18 – 13:49 Pisces
- 13:49 – 15:30 Aries
- 15:30 – 17:29 Taurus
- 17:29 – 19:42 Gemini
- 19:42 – 21:58 Cancer
- 21:58 – 00:09 next day Leo
- 00:09 – 02:19 next day Virgo
- 02:19 – 04:33 next day Libra
- 04:33 – 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