Kolkata panchang, 25 December 2026
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 16:58 Moonrise 18:29 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 16:58- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:35 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta 08:23 – 09:06
- Rahu Kalam 10:16 – 11:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta 11:57 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 14:17 – 15:37
- 08:28 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:15 Karana becomes Gara
Night
16:58 to 06:15 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:58 – 19:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:33 Moon enters Cancer
- 22:50 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 23:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:16 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 23:26
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 22:50 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 08:28
- Karana Taitila until 13:15, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:28 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:33 Moon enters Cancer
- 22:50 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 23:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:16 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:35 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:23 – 09:06
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:36
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:57 – 12:40
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:17 – 15:37
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:16 – 00:22 next day
- Utpata Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 22:50 – 06:15 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) 11:15 – 11:57
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 16:58 – 19:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:14 – 22:50
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:14 – 07:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:35 – 08:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:55 – 10:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:16 – 11:36 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 11:36 – 12:56 | Good |
| Rog | 12:56 – 14:17 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 14:17 – 15:37 | Avoid |
| Char | 15:37 – 16:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:58 – 18:37 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:37 – 20:17 | Avoid |
| Labh | 20:17 – 21:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:57 – 23:36 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 23:36 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:16 – 02:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:56 – 04:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:35 – 06:15 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
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:36 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:38 Scorpio
- 05:38 – 07:43 Sagittarius
- 07:43 – 09:30 Capricorn
- 09:30 – 11:04 Aquarius
- 11:04 – 12:35 Pisces
- 12:35 – 14:15 Aries
- 14:15 – 16:14 Taurus
- 16:14 – 18:27 Gemini
- 18:27 – 20:43 Cancer
- 20:43 – 22:54 Leo
- 22:54 – 01:04 next day Virgo
- 01:04 – 03:18 next day Libra
- 03:18 – 05:34 next day Scorpio
- 05:34 – 06:15 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