Kolkata panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 16:54 Moonrise 12:04 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:11 to 16:54- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:31 – 08:52
- Durmuhurta 08:20 – 09:02
- Rahu Kalam 10:12 – 11:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:54 – 12:37
- Yamaganda 14:13 – 15:34
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
16:54 to 06:11 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:54 – 19:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:14
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 16:10 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 12:19
- Karana Balava until 11:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:31 – 08:52
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:20 – 09:02
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:12 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:54 – 12:37
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:13 – 15:34
- Visha yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 23:14 – 06:11 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. 04:25 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:11 – 11:54
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 16:54 – 19:34
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Narada, quoted in Muhurta Chintamani 1.21's commentary, p. 20 16:10 – 23:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:10 – 06:11 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 16:10 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:11 – 07:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:31 – 08:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:52 – 10:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:12 – 11:33 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 11:33 – 12:53 | Good |
| Rog | 12:53 – 14:13 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 14:13 – 15:34 | Avoid |
| Char | 15:34 – 16:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:54 – 18:34 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:34 – 20:13 | Avoid |
| Labh | 20:13 – 21:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:53 – 23:33 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 23:33 – 01:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:12 – 02:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:52 – 04:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:32 – 06:11 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
- 06:11 NowVenus
- 07:04 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:33 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:52 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 06:11 NowVenus
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 06:06 Scorpio
- 06:06 – 08:11 Sagittarius
- 08:11 – 09:58 Capricorn
- 09:58 – 11:31 Aquarius
- 11:31 – 13:02 Pisces
- 13:02 – 14:43 Aries
- 14:43 – 16:41 Taurus
- 16:41 – 18:55 Gemini
- 18:55 – 21:10 Cancer
- 21:10 – 23:22 Leo
- 23:22 – 01:32 next day Virgo
- 01:32 – 03:46 next day Libra
- 03:46 – 06:02 next day Scorpio
- 06:02 – 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