Kolkata panchang, 13 December 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 16:52 Moonrise 09:19 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 16:52- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:09 – 11:52
- Yamaganda 11:30 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam 14:11 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta 15:26 – 16:09
- Rahu Kalam 15:32 – 16:52
- 06:12 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 12:14 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 16:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:48 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:52 to 06:09 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:52 – 19:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 06:04 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 16:48
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 06:12 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 12:14
- Karana Vishti until 16:48, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:12 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 12:14 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 16:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:04 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:30 – 12:51
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:14 – 15:50
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:11 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 15:26 – 16:09
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:32 – 16:52
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. 04:22 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:09 – 11:52
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 16:52 – 19:31
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:08 – 06:12
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:08 – 06:12
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:08 – 07:29 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:29 – 08:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:49 – 10:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:10 – 11:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:30 – 12:51 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 12:51 – 14:11 | Good |
| Rog | 14:11 – 15:32 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 15:32 – 16:52 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 16:52 – 18:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:32 – 20:11 | Good |
| Char | 20:11 – 21:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:51 – 23:30 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 23:30 – 01:10 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 01:10 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:49 – 04:29 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 04:29 – 06:09 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
- 06:08 NowSun
- 07:02 NowVenus
- 07:55 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:52 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:37 NowJupiter
- 01:43 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:56 NowVenus
- 05:02 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowSun
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 06:25 Scorpio
- 06:25 – 08:31 Sagittarius
- 08:31 – 10:17 Capricorn
- 10:17 – 11:51 Aquarius
- 11:51 – 13:22 Pisces
- 13:22 – 15:03 Aries
- 15:03 – 17:01 Taurus
- 17:01 – 19:14 Gemini
- 19:14 – 21:30 Cancer
- 21:30 – 23:41 Leo
- 23:41 – 01:51 next day Virgo
- 01:51 – 04:06 next day Libra
- 04:06 – 06:09 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