Kolkata panchang, 24 December 2026
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 16:57 Moonrise 17:17 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 16:57- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:14 – 07:34
- Gulika Kalam 08:55 – 10:15
- Durmuhurta 09:48 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 11:57
- Rahu Kalam 12:56 – 14:16
- Durmuhurta 14:06 – 14:48
- 06:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
16:57 to 06:14 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:57 – 19:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:07 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 06:58
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:47 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 12:51
- Karana Bava until 06:58, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:07 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:14 – 07:34
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:55 – 10:15
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 09:48 – 10:31
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:56 – 14:16
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:06 – 14:48
- Kana Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 06:14 – 01:47 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. 04:28 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 11:57
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 16:57 – 19:37
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:14 – 06:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:47 – 06:14 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 01:47 – 06:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:14 – 07:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:34 – 08:55 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 08:55 – 10:15 | Avoid |
| Char | 10:15 – 11:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:35 – 12:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:56 – 14:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:16 – 15:37 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 15:37 – 16:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:57 – 18:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:37 – 20:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:16 – 21:56 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 21:56 – 23:36 | Avoid |
| Labh | 23:36 – 01:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:15 – 02:55 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 02:55 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:35 – 06:14 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
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:01 NowSun
- 08:55 NowVenus
- 09:48 NowMercury
- 10:42 NowMoon
- 11:35 NowSaturn
- 12:29 NowJupiter
- 13:23 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:10 NowVenus
- 16:03 NowMercury
- 16:57 NowMoon
- 18:04 NowSaturn
- 19:10 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:23 NowSun
- 22:29 NowVenus
- 23:36 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMoon
- 01:49 NowSaturn
- 02:55 NowJupiter
- 04:01 NowMars
- 05:08 NowSun
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:14 NowSun
- 09:14 NowVenus
- 10:14 NowMercury
- 11:14 NowMoon
- 12:14 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:14 NowMoon
- 19:14 NowSaturn
- 20:14 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:14 NowSun
- 23:14 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMercury
- 01:14 NowMoon
- 02:14 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:14 NowMars
- 05:14 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:42 Scorpio
- 05:42 – 07:47 Sagittarius
- 07:47 – 09:34 Capricorn
- 09:34 – 11:08 Aquarius
- 11:08 – 12:39 Pisces
- 12:39 – 14:19 Aries
- 14:19 – 16:18 Taurus
- 16:18 – 18:31 Gemini
- 18:31 – 20:47 Cancer
- 20:47 – 22:58 Leo
- 22:58 – 01:08 next day Virgo
- 01:08 – 03:22 next day Libra
- 03:22 – 05:38 next day Scorpio
- 05:38 – 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