Kolkata panchang, 12 December 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 16:52 Moonrise 08:40 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 16:52- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:07 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta 06:07 – 06:50
- Durmuhurta 06:50 – 07:33
- Rahu Kalam 08:48 – 10:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:08 – 11:51
- Yamaganda 12:50 – 14:11
- 09:51 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:06 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
16:52 to 06:08 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:52 – 19:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 14:06
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 06:12 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 11:17
- Karana Gara until 14:06, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:51 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:07 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:07 – 06:50
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:50 – 07:33
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:09
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:50 – 14:11
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 14:01 Muhurta Chintamani 1.34, commentary p. 30 12:52 – 15:10
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. 04:21 – 05:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:08 – 11:51
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 16:52 – 19:31
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:07 – 06:08 next day
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:06 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:07 – 07:28 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:28 – 08:48 | Good |
| Rog | 08:48 – 10:09 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 10:09 – 11:30 | Avoid |
| Char | 11:30 – 12:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:50 – 14:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:11 – 15:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:31 – 16:52 | Avoid |
| Labh | 16:52 – 18:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:31 – 20:11 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 20:11 – 21:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:50 – 23:30 | Good |
| Char | 23:30 – 01:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:09 – 02:49 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 02:49 – 04:28 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 04:28 – 06:08 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
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:01 NowJupiter
- 07:55 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:42 NowVenus
- 10:36 NowMercury
- 11:30 NowMoon
- 12:23 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:04 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 16:52 NowMercury
- 17:58 NowMoon
- 19:05 NowSaturn
- 20:11 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:30 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMercury
- 01:43 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:55 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMars
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:07 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 09:07 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:07 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:07 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:07 NowMercury
- 19:07 NowMoon
- 20:07 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:07 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:07 NowJupiter
- 05:07 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 06:29 Scorpio
- 06:29 – 08:34 Sagittarius
- 08:34 – 10:21 Capricorn
- 10:21 – 11:55 Aquarius
- 11:55 – 13:26 Pisces
- 13:26 – 15:07 Aries
- 15:07 – 17:05 Taurus
- 17:05 – 19:18 Gemini
- 19:18 – 21:34 Cancer
- 21:34 – 23:45 Leo
- 23:45 – 01:55 next day Virgo
- 01:55 – 04:10 next day Libra
- 04:10 – 06:08 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