Kolkata panchang, 19 December 2026
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 16:55 Moonrise 12:40 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 16:55- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:11 – 07:32
- Durmuhurta 06:11 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta 06:54 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam 08:52 – 10:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 11:54
- Yamaganda 12:53 – 14:14
- 10:35 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 10:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:58 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 15:58 Moon enters Aries
Night
16:55 to 06:12 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:55 – 19:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 22:09 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 22:09
- Nakshatra Revati until 15:58 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 10:35
- Karana Taitila until 10:48, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:35 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 10:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:58 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 15:58 Moon enters Aries
- 22:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 22:09 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:11 – 07:32
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:11 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:54 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:13
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:35 – 21:22
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:53 – 14:14
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 06:11 – 15:58
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) 11:12 – 11:54
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 16:55 – 19:34
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:11 – 06:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:11 – 07:32 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:32 – 08:52 | Good |
| Rog | 08:52 – 10:13 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 10:13 – 11:33 | Avoid |
| Char | 11:33 – 12:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:53 – 14:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:14 – 15:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:34 – 16:55 | Avoid |
| Labh | 16:55 – 18:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:34 – 20:14 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 20:14 – 21:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:54 – 23:33 | Good |
| Char | 23:33 – 01:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:13 – 02:53 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 02:53 – 04:32 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 04:32 – 06:12 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
- 06:11 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 08:52 NowSun
- 09:46 NowVenus
- 10:39 NowMercury
- 11:33 NowMoon
- 12:27 NowSaturn
- 13:20 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:07 NowSun
- 16:01 NowVenus
- 16:55 NowMercury
- 18:01 NowMoon
- 19:07 NowSaturn
- 20:14 NowJupiter
- 21:20 NowMars
- 22:27 NowSun
- 23:33 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMercury
- 01:46 NowMoon
- 02:53 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 05:06 NowMars
- 06:11 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowJupiter
- 08:11 NowMars
- 09:11 NowSun
- 10:11 NowVenus
- 11:11 NowMercury
- 12:11 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:11 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 16:11 NowSun
- 17:11 NowVenus
- 18:11 NowMercury
- 19:11 NowMoon
- 20:11 NowSaturn
- 21:11 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:11 NowMercury
- 02:11 NowMoon
- 03:11 NowSaturn
- 04:11 NowJupiter
- 05:11 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 06:02 Scorpio
- 06:02 – 08:07 Sagittarius
- 08:07 – 09:54 Capricorn
- 09:54 – 11:27 Aquarius
- 11:27 – 12:58 Pisces
- 12:58 – 14:39 Aries
- 14:39 – 16:37 Taurus
- 16:37 – 18:51 Gemini
- 18:51 – 21:06 Cancer
- 21:06 – 23:18 Leo
- 23:18 – 01:28 next day Virgo
- 01:28 – 03:42 next day Libra
- 03:42 – 05:58 next day Scorpio
- 05:58 – 06:12 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