Kolkata panchang, 16 December 2026
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 16:53 Moonrise 11:00 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:10 to 16:53- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:30 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam 10:11 – 11:32
- Durmuhurta 11:10 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 11:53 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:32 – 12:52
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
16:53 to 06:10 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:53 – 19:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 22:46
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:02 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 13:46
- Karana Gara until 10:08, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:30 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:11 – 11:32
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:10 – 11:53
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:32 – 12:52
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:46 – 09:13 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:13 – 11:12 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. 04:24 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:10 – 11:53
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 16:53 – 19:33
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:10 – 22:46
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 10:25 – 14:02
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:10 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:30 – 08:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:51 – 10:11 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:11 – 11:32 | Good |
| Rog | 11:32 – 12:52 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 12:52 – 14:12 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:12 – 15:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:33 – 16:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:53 – 18:33 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:33 – 20:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:13 – 21:52 | Good |
| Char | 21:52 – 23:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:32 – 01:11 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:11 – 02:51 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 02:51 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:31 – 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
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:32 NowVenus
- 12:25 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:06 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 19:06 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:19 NowSaturn
- 22:25 NowJupiter
- 23:32 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 06:13 Scorpio
- 06:13 – 08:19 Sagittarius
- 08:19 – 10:06 Capricorn
- 10:06 – 11:39 Aquarius
- 11:39 – 13:10 Pisces
- 13:10 – 14:51 Aries
- 14:51 – 16:49 Taurus
- 16:49 – 19:03 Gemini
- 19:03 – 21:18 Cancer
- 21:18 – 23:30 Leo
- 23:30 – 01:40 next day Virgo
- 01:40 – 03:54 next day Libra
- 03:54 – 06:10 next day Scorpio
- 06:10 – 06:10 next day Sagittarius
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