Kolkata panchang, 15 December 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 16:53 Moonrise 10:28 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:18 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 08:50 – 10:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 11:52
- Gulika Kalam 11:31 – 12:52
- Rahu Kalam 14:12 – 15:32
- 08:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:53 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 13:38 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
16:53 to 06:10 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:53 – 19:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 21:19 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 21:19
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 11:53 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 13:38
- Karana Kaulava until 08:22, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:53 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 13:38 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 21:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 21:19 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:18 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:11
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:31 – 12:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:38 – 14:50
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:12 – 15:32
- Utpata Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 06:09 – 11:53
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 11:53 – 06:10 next day
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. 04:23 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:10 – 11:52
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 16:53 – 19:32
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:09 – 11:53
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:09 – 07:30 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:30 – 08:50 | Avoid |
| Char | 08:50 – 10:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:11 – 11:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:31 – 12:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:52 – 14:12 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 14:12 – 15:32 | Good |
| Rog | 15:32 – 16:53 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 16:53 – 18:33 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:33 – 20:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:12 – 21:52 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 21:52 – 23:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:31 – 01:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:11 – 02:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:51 – 04:30 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 04:30 – 06:10 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
- 06:09 NowMars
- 07:03 NowSun
- 07:56 NowVenus
- 08:50 NowMercury
- 09:44 NowMoon
- 10:37 NowSaturn
- 11:31 NowJupiter
- 12:25 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:06 NowMercury
- 15:59 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:59 NowJupiter
- 19:06 NowMars
- 20:12 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:25 NowMercury
- 23:31 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSaturn
- 01:44 NowJupiter
- 02:51 NowMars
- 03:57 NowSun
- 05:03 NowVenus
- 06:09 NowMars
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:09 NowVenus
- 09:09 NowMercury
- 10:09 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 14:09 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 16:09 NowMercury
- 17:09 NowMoon
- 18:09 NowSaturn
- 19:09 NowJupiter
- 20:09 NowMars
- 21:09 NowSun
- 22:09 NowVenus
- 23:09 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:09 NowMars
- 04:09 NowSun
- 05:09 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 06:17 Scorpio
- 06:17 – 08:23 Sagittarius
- 08:23 – 10:10 Capricorn
- 10:10 – 11:43 Aquarius
- 11:43 – 13:14 Pisces
- 13:14 – 14:55 Aries
- 14:55 – 16:53 Taurus
- 16:53 – 19:06 Gemini
- 19:06 – 21:22 Cancer
- 21:22 – 23:33 Leo
- 23:33 – 01:44 next day Virgo
- 01:44 – 03:58 next day Libra
- 03:58 – 06:10 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