Kolkata panchang, 26 December 2026
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 16:58 Moonrise 19:39 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 16:58- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:15 – 07:35
- Durmuhurta 06:15 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta 06:58 – 07:41
- Rahu Kalam 08:56 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 11:58
- Yamaganda 12:57 – 14:17
- 09:42 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
16:58 to 06:15 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:58 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:05 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:13 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 00:22 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 20:05
- Nakshatra Pushya until 20:13 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 00:22 next day
- Karana Vanija until 09:42, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:05 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:13 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 00:22 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:15 – 07:35
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:15 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:58 – 07:41
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:56 – 10:16
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:42 – 20:05
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:57 – 14:17
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:22 – 01:34 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. 04:29 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 11:58
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 16:58 – 19:38
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:05 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:15 – 07:35 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:35 – 08:56 | Good |
| Rog | 08:56 – 10:16 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 10:16 – 11:36 | Avoid |
| Char | 11:36 – 12:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:57 – 14:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:17 – 15:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:38 – 16:58 | Avoid |
| Labh | 16:58 – 18:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:38 – 20:17 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 20:17 – 21:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:57 – 23:37 | Good |
| Char | 23:37 – 01:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:16 – 02:56 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 02:56 – 04:36 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 04:36 – 06:15 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
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:43 NowMercury
- 11:36 NowMoon
- 12:30 NowSaturn
- 13:24 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:11 NowSun
- 16:05 NowVenus
- 16:58 NowMercury
- 18:05 NowMoon
- 19:11 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:30 NowSun
- 23:37 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMercury
- 01:50 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 05:09 NowMars
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:15 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
- 05:15 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:34 Scorpio
- 05:34 – 07:39 Sagittarius
- 07:39 – 09:26 Capricorn
- 09:26 – 11:00 Aquarius
- 11:00 – 12:31 Pisces
- 12:31 – 14:11 Aries
- 14:11 – 16:10 Taurus
- 16:10 – 18:23 Gemini
- 18:23 – 20:39 Cancer
- 20:39 – 22:50 Leo
- 22:50 – 01:00 next day Virgo
- 01:00 – 03:14 next day Libra
- 03:14 – 05:30 next day Scorpio
- 05:30 – 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