Kolkata panchang, 27 December 2026
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 16:59 Moonrise 20:44 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 16:59- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 11:58
- Yamaganda 11:37 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam 14:18 – 15:38
- Durmuhurta 15:33 – 16:16
- Rahu Kalam 15:38 – 16:59
- 06:35 Karana becomes Balava
Night
16:59 to 06:16 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:59 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 17:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:04 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 18:04 Moon enters Leo
- 20:53 Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:01 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 17:13
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 18:04 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vishkambha until 20:53
- Karana Bava until 06:35, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:35 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 17:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:04 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 18:04 Moon enters Leo
- 20:53 Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:01 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:37 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:18 – 15:38
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 15:33 – 16:16
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:38 – 16:59
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) 11:16 – 11:58
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 16:59 – 19:38
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:15 – 07:36 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:36 – 08:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:56 – 10:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:17 – 11:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:37 – 12:57 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 12:57 – 14:18 | Good |
| Rog | 14:18 – 15:38 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 15:38 – 16:59 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 16:59 – 18:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:38 – 20:18 | Good |
| Char | 20:18 – 21:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:58 – 23:37 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 23:37 – 01:17 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:56 – 04:36 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 04:36 – 06:16 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 NowSun
- 07:09 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:43 NowJupiter
- 11:37 NowMars
- 12:31 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:12 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:37 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:44 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:56 NowSun
- 04:03 NowVenus
- 05:09 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowSun
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:30 Scorpio
- 05:30 – 07:35 Sagittarius
- 07:35 – 09:22 Capricorn
- 09:22 – 10:56 Aquarius
- 10:56 – 12:27 Pisces
- 12:27 – 14:08 Aries
- 14:08 – 16:06 Taurus
- 16:06 – 18:19 Gemini
- 18:19 – 20:35 Cancer
- 20:35 – 22:46 Leo
- 22:46 – 00:56 next day Virgo
- 00:56 – 03:11 next day Libra
- 03:11 – 05:26 next day Scorpio
- 05:26 – 06:16 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