Kolkata panchang, 23 December 2026
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 16:57 Moonrise 16:07 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 16:57- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:34 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam 10:15 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta 11:14 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 11:56 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:35 – 12:55
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:47 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
16:57 to 06:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:57 – 19:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 10:47
- Nakshatra Rohini until 07:56 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 17:15
- Karana Vanija until 10:47, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:34 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:14 – 11:56
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:35 – 12:55
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 11:56
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 16:57 – 19:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:13 – 07:56
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:13 – 07:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:56 – 04:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:13 – 07:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:34 – 08:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:54 – 10:15 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:15 – 11:35 | Good |
| Rog | 11:35 – 12:55 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 12:55 – 14:16 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:16 – 15:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:36 – 16:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:57 – 18:36 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:36 – 20:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:16 – 21:56 | Good |
| Char | 21:56 – 23:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:35 – 01:15 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:15 – 02:55 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 02:55 – 04:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:34 – 06:14 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 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:29 NowMercury
- 13:22 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:03 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 18:03 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:46 Scorpio
- 05:46 – 07:51 Sagittarius
- 07:51 – 09:38 Capricorn
- 09:38 – 11:12 Aquarius
- 11:12 – 12:43 Pisces
- 12:43 – 14:23 Aries
- 14:23 – 16:22 Taurus
- 16:22 – 18:35 Gemini
- 18:35 – 20:51 Cancer
- 20:51 – 23:02 Leo
- 23:02 – 01:12 next day Virgo
- 01:12 – 03:26 next day Libra
- 03:26 – 05:42 next day Scorpio
- 05:42 – 06:14 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