Kolkata panchang, 8 December 2026
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 16:51 Moonrise 05:23 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 16:51- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:14 – 08:57
- Yamaganda 08:46 – 10:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:49
- Gulika Kalam 11:28 – 12:49
- Rahu Kalam 14:09 – 15:30
- 08:06 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
16:51 to 06:05 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:51 – 19:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:15 Karana becomes Naga
- 18:16 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 06:21 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 18:16 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sukarman until 08:06
- Karana Chatushpada until 17:15, then Naga
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:06 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:15 Karana becomes Naga
- 18:16 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:14 – 08:57
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:46 – 10:07
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:28 – 12:49
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:09 – 15:30
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. 04:19 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:06 – 11:49
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 16:51 – 19:30
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:05 – 07:26 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:26 – 08:46 | Avoid |
| Char | 08:46 – 10:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:07 – 11:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:28 – 12:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:49 – 14:09 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 14:09 – 15:30 | Good |
| Rog | 15:30 – 16:51 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 16:51 – 18:30 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:30 – 20:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:09 – 21:49 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 21:49 – 23:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:28 – 01:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:07 – 02:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:47 – 04:26 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 04:26 – 06:05 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
- 06:05 NowMars
- 06:59 NowSun
- 07:52 NowVenus
- 08:46 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:34 NowSaturn
- 11:28 NowJupiter
- 12:22 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:09 NowVenus
- 15:03 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 19:03 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:22 NowMercury
- 23:28 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSaturn
- 01:41 NowJupiter
- 02:47 NowMars
- 03:53 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 06:05 NowMars
- 07:05 NowSun
- 08:05 NowVenus
- 09:05 NowMercury
- 10:05 NowMoon
- 11:05 NowSaturn
- 12:05 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:05 NowVenus
- 16:05 NowMercury
- 17:05 NowMoon
- 18:05 NowSaturn
- 19:05 NowJupiter
- 20:05 NowMars
- 21:05 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:05 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:05 NowJupiter
- 03:05 NowMars
- 04:05 NowSun
- 05:05 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 04:29 Libra
- 04:29 – 06:45 Scorpio
- 06:45 – 08:50 Sagittarius
- 08:50 – 10:37 Capricorn
- 10:37 – 12:11 Aquarius
- 12:11 – 13:42 Pisces
- 13:42 – 15:22 Aries
- 15:22 – 17:21 Taurus
- 17:21 – 19:34 Gemini
- 19:34 – 21:50 Cancer
- 21:50 – 00:01 next day Leo
- 00:01 – 02:11 next day Virgo
- 02:11 – 04:25 next day Libra
- 04:25 – 06:05 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