Kolkata panchang, 22 December 2026
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 16:56 Moonrise 15:03 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 16:56- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:22 – 09:04
- Yamaganda 08:54 – 10:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 11:56
- Gulika Kalam 11:34 – 12:55
- Rahu Kalam 14:15 – 15:36
- 10:45 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 14:24 Karana becomes Gara
Night
16:56 to 06:13 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:56 – 19:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:32 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 00:38 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 14:24
- Nakshatra Krittika until 10:45 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 21:32
- Karana Taitila until 14:24, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:45 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 14:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:32 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 00:38 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:22 – 09:04
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:14
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:34 – 12:55
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:15 – 15:36
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. 04:27 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 11:56
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 16:56 – 19:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:13 – 10:45
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:13 – 14:24
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 10:45 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:13 – 07:33 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:33 – 08:54 | Avoid |
| Char | 08:54 – 10:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:14 – 11:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:34 – 12:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:55 – 14:15 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 14:15 – 15:36 | Good |
| Rog | 15:36 – 16:56 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 16:56 – 18:36 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:36 – 20:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:15 – 21:55 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 21:55 – 23:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:35 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:14 – 02:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:54 – 04:34 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 04:34 – 06:13 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
- 06:13 NowMars
- 07:07 NowSun
- 08:00 NowVenus
- 08:54 NowMercury
- 09:47 NowMoon
- 10:41 NowSaturn
- 11:34 NowJupiter
- 12:28 NowMars
- 13:22 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:02 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:28 NowMercury
- 23:35 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSaturn
- 01:48 NowJupiter
- 02:54 NowMars
- 04:01 NowSun
- 05:07 NowVenus
- 06:13 NowMars
- 07:13 NowSun
- 08:13 NowVenus
- 09:13 NowMercury
- 10:13 NowMoon
- 11:13 NowSaturn
- 12:13 NowJupiter
- 13:13 NowMars
- 14:13 NowSun
- 15:13 NowVenus
- 16:13 NowMercury
- 17:13 NowMoon
- 18:13 NowSaturn
- 19:13 NowJupiter
- 20:13 NowMars
- 21:13 NowSun
- 22:13 NowVenus
- 23:13 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMoon
- 01:13 NowSaturn
- 02:13 NowJupiter
- 03:13 NowMars
- 04:13 NowSun
- 05:13 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:50 Scorpio
- 05:50 – 07:55 Sagittarius
- 07:55 – 09:42 Capricorn
- 09:42 – 11:15 Aquarius
- 11:15 – 12:47 Pisces
- 12:47 – 14:27 Aries
- 14:27 – 16:26 Taurus
- 16:26 – 18:39 Gemini
- 18:39 – 20:55 Cancer
- 20:55 – 23:06 Leo
- 23:06 – 01:16 next day Virgo
- 01:16 – 03:30 next day Libra
- 03:30 – 05:46 next day Scorpio
- 05:46 – 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