Kolkata panchang, 17 December 2026
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 16:54 Moonrise 11:31 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 16:54- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:10 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam 08:51 – 10:12
- Durmuhurta 09:45 – 10:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 11:53
- Rahu Kalam 12:52 – 14:13
- Durmuhurta 14:02 – 14:45
- 09:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
16:54 to 06:11 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:54 – 19:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:26 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 23:26
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 15:30 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 13:21
- Karana Vishti until 11:12, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:26 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:46 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:10 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:51 – 10:12
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:13 – 11:12
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 09:45 – 10:28
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:13
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:21 – 12:19 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:02 – 14:45
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 Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:11 – 11:53
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 16:54 – 19:33
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:10 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:31 – 08:51 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 08:51 – 10:12 | Avoid |
| Char | 10:12 – 11:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:32 – 12:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:52 – 14:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:13 – 15:33 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 15:33 – 16:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:54 – 18:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:33 – 20:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:13 – 21:53 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 21:53 – 23:32 | Avoid |
| Labh | 23:32 – 01:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:12 – 02:52 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 02:52 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:31 – 06:11 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
- 06:10 NowJupiter
- 07:04 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:51 NowVenus
- 09:45 NowMercury
- 10:38 NowMoon
- 11:32 NowSaturn
- 12:26 NowJupiter
- 13:19 NowMars
- 14:13 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:00 NowMercury
- 16:54 NowMoon
- 18:00 NowSaturn
- 19:07 NowJupiter
- 20:13 NowMars
- 21:19 NowSun
- 22:26 NowVenus
- 23:32 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMoon
- 01:45 NowSaturn
- 02:52 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 05:04 NowSun
- 06:10 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:10 NowSun
- 09:10 NowVenus
- 10:10 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:10 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:10 NowSun
- 16:10 NowVenus
- 17:10 NowMercury
- 18:10 NowMoon
- 19:10 NowSaturn
- 20:10 NowJupiter
- 21:10 NowMars
- 22:10 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 01:10 NowMoon
- 02:10 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:10 NowMars
- 05:10 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 06:10 Scorpio
- 06:10 – 08:15 Sagittarius
- 08:15 – 10:02 Capricorn
- 10:02 – 11:35 Aquarius
- 11:35 – 13:06 Pisces
- 13:06 – 14:47 Aries
- 14:47 – 16:45 Taurus
- 16:45 – 18:59 Gemini
- 18:59 – 21:14 Cancer
- 21:14 – 23:26 Leo
- 23:26 – 01:36 next day Virgo
- 01:36 – 03:50 next day Libra
- 03:50 – 06:06 next day Scorpio
- 06:06 – 06:11 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