Kolkata panchang, 14 December 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 16:53 Moonrise 09:55 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 16:53- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:29 – 08:50
- Yamaganda 10:10 – 11:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:09 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:52 – 12:35
- Gulika Kalam 12:51 – 14:12
- Durmuhurta 14:01 – 14:44
- 09:12 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:04 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
16:53 to 06:09 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:53 – 19:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 19:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:36 Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 19:16
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:12 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 13:04
- Karana Balava until 19:16, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:12 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:04 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 19:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 19:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:36 Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:29 – 08:50
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:10 – 11:31
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:52 – 12:35
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:51 – 14:12
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:01 – 14:44
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 16:53 – 19:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:09 – 09:12
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 06:09 – 09:12
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 09:12 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:09 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:29 – 08:50 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 08:50 – 10:10 | Good |
| Rog | 10:10 – 11:31 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 11:31 – 12:51 | Avoid |
| Char | 12:51 – 14:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:12 – 15:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:32 – 16:53 | Good |
| Char | 16:53 – 18:32 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:32 – 20:12 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 20:12 – 21:51 | Avoid |
| Labh | 21:51 – 23:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:31 – 01:10 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 01:10 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:50 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:30 – 06:09 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:02 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:43 NowSun
- 10:37 NowVenus
- 11:31 NowMercury
- 12:24 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 16:53 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 19:05 NowMoon
- 20:12 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:24 NowMars
- 23:31 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:37 NowVenus
- 01:44 NowMercury
- 02:50 NowMoon
- 03:56 NowSaturn
- 05:03 NowJupiter
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 06:21 Scorpio
- 06:21 – 08:27 Sagittarius
- 08:27 – 10:14 Capricorn
- 10:14 – 11:47 Aquarius
- 11:47 – 13:18 Pisces
- 13:18 – 14:59 Aries
- 14:59 – 16:57 Taurus
- 16:57 – 19:10 Gemini
- 19:10 – 21:26 Cancer
- 21:26 – 23:37 Leo
- 23:37 – 01:48 next day Virgo
- 01:48 – 04:02 next day Libra
- 04:02 – 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