Kolkata panchang, 20 December 2026
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 16:55 Moonrise 13:21 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 16:55- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 11:55
- Yamaganda 11:33 – 12:54
- Gulika Kalam 14:14 – 15:35
- Durmuhurta 15:29 – 16:12
- Rahu Kalam 15:35 – 16:55
- 08:10 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 09:18 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:55 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
16:55 to 06:12 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:55 – 19:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:07 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 20:15
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 14:55 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 08:10
- Karana Vanija until 09:18, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:10 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 09:18 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:55 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 20:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:07 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:33 – 12:54
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:14 – 15:35
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 15:29 – 16:12
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:35 – 16:55
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 14:55 – 06:12 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. 04:26 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:12 – 11:55
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 16:55 – 19:35
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:12 – 14:55
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:12 – 14:55
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:12 – 07:32 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:32 – 08:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:53 – 10:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:13 – 11:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:33 – 12:54 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 12:54 – 14:14 | Good |
| Rog | 14:14 – 15:35 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 15:35 – 16:55 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 16:55 – 18:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:35 – 20:14 | Good |
| Char | 20:14 – 21:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:54 – 23:34 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 23:34 – 01:13 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 01:13 – 02:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:53 – 04:33 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 04:33 – 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
- 06:12 NowSun
- 07:06 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:46 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:27 NowSun
- 13:21 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 18:01 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:34 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:47 NowMars
- 02:53 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 05:06 NowMercury
- 06:12 NowSun
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:12 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:12 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:12 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:12 NowSun
- 21:12 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:12 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:12 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
- 05:12 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:58 Scorpio
- 05:58 – 08:03 Sagittarius
- 08:03 – 09:50 Capricorn
- 09:50 – 11:23 Aquarius
- 11:23 – 12:54 Pisces
- 12:54 – 14:35 Aries
- 14:35 – 16:33 Taurus
- 16:33 – 18:47 Gemini
- 18:47 – 21:02 Cancer
- 21:02 – 23:14 Leo
- 23:14 – 01:24 next day Virgo
- 01:24 – 03:38 next day Libra
- 03:38 – 05:54 next day Scorpio
- 05:54 – 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