Kolkata panchang, 9 December 2026
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 16:51 Moonrise 06:17 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:26 – 08:47
- Gulika Kalam 10:08 – 11:28
- Durmuhurta 11:07 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:50 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:28 – 12:49
- 06:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 06:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 08:39 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
16:51 to 06:06 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:51 – 19:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:00 Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 06:21
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 21:00 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 08:39
- Karana Naga until 06:21, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 06:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 08:39 Yoga becomes Shula
- 19:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:00 Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:26 – 08:47
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:39 – 10:39
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:08 – 11:28
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:07 – 11:50
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:28 – 12:49
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. 04:20 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:07 – 11:50
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 16:51 – 19:30
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:05 – 07:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:26 – 08:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:47 – 10:08 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:08 – 11:28 | Good |
| Rog | 11:28 – 12:49 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 12:49 – 14:10 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:10 – 15:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:30 – 16:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:51 – 18:30 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:30 – 20:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:10 – 21:49 | Good |
| Char | 21:49 – 23:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:29 – 01:08 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:08 – 02:47 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 02:47 – 04:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:27 – 06:06 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 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:47 NowJupiter
- 09:41 NowMars
- 10:34 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:22 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 04:25 Libra
- 04:25 – 06:41 Scorpio
- 06:41 – 08:46 Sagittarius
- 08:46 – 10:33 Capricorn
- 10:33 – 12:07 Aquarius
- 12:07 – 13:38 Pisces
- 13:38 – 15:18 Aries
- 15:18 – 17:17 Taurus
- 17:17 – 19:30 Gemini
- 19:30 – 21:46 Cancer
- 21:46 – 23:57 Leo
- 23:57 – 02:07 next day Virgo
- 02:07 – 04:21 next day Libra
- 04:21 – 06:06 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