Kolkata panchang, 21 December 2026
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 16:56 Moonrise 14:08 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 16:56- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:33 – 08:53
- Yamaganda 10:14 – 11:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta 11:55 – 12:38
- Gulika Kalam 12:54 – 14:15
- Durmuhurta 14:04 – 14:47
- 07:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
16:56 to 06:13 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:56 – 19:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 17:36
- Nakshatra Bharani until 13:09 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 01:32 next day
- Karana Bava until 07:00, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:33 – 08:53
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:34
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:55 – 12:38
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:54 – 14:15
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:04 – 14:47
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) 11:13 – 11:55
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 16:56 – 19:35
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:12 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:33 – 08:53 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 08:53 – 10:14 | Good |
| Rog | 10:14 – 11:34 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 11:34 – 12:54 | Avoid |
| Char | 12:54 – 14:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:15 – 15:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:35 – 16:56 | Good |
| Char | 16:56 – 18:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:35 – 20:15 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 20:15 – 21:55 | Avoid |
| Labh | 21:55 – 23:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:34 – 01:14 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 01:14 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:54 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:33 – 06:13 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:06 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:47 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:34 NowMercury
- 12:28 NowMoon
- 13:21 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:02 NowSun
- 16:56 NowVenus
- 18:02 NowMercury
- 19:08 NowMoon
- 20:15 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:34 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:41 NowVenus
- 01:47 NowMercury
- 02:54 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 05:07 NowJupiter
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:12 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
- 05:12 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:54 Scorpio
- 05:54 – 07:59 Sagittarius
- 07:59 – 09:46 Capricorn
- 09:46 – 11:19 Aquarius
- 11:19 – 12:51 Pisces
- 12:51 – 14:31 Aries
- 14:31 – 16:30 Taurus
- 16:30 – 18:43 Gemini
- 18:43 – 20:59 Cancer
- 20:59 – 23:10 Leo
- 23:10 – 01:20 next day Virgo
- 01:20 – 03:34 next day Libra
- 03:34 – 05:50 next day Scorpio
- 05:50 – 06:13 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