Kolkata panchang, 28 December 2026
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 16:59 Moonrise 21:45 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 16:59- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:36 – 08:57
- Yamaganda 10:17 – 11:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:42
- Gulika Kalam 12:58 – 14:18
- Durmuhurta 14:08 – 14:51
- 14:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 14:58 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:33 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
16:59 to 06:16 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:59 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:55 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 02:06 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 14:58
- Nakshatra Magha until 16:33 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 17:55
- Karana Taitila until 14:58, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 14:58 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:33 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 17:55 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 02:06 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:36 – 08:57
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:37
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:42
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:58 – 14:18
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:08 – 14:51
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 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:16 – 11:59
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 16:59 – 19:39
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 16:33 – 06:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:16 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:36 – 08:57 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 08:57 – 10:17 | Good |
| Rog | 10:17 – 11:37 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 11:37 – 12:58 | Avoid |
| Char | 12:58 – 14:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:18 – 15:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:39 – 16:59 | Good |
| Char | 16:59 – 18:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:39 – 20:18 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 20:18 – 21:58 | Avoid |
| Labh | 21:58 – 23:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:38 – 01:17 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 01:17 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:57 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:36 – 06:16 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:03 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:44 NowVenus
- 11:37 NowMercury
- 12:31 NowMoon
- 13:25 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:12 NowMars
- 16:06 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 18:06 NowMercury
- 19:12 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:31 NowMars
- 23:38 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:44 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 04:03 NowSaturn
- 05:10 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:26 Scorpio
- 05:26 – 07:32 Sagittarius
- 07:32 – 09:18 Capricorn
- 09:18 – 10:52 Aquarius
- 10:52 – 12:23 Pisces
- 12:23 – 14:04 Aries
- 14:04 – 16:02 Taurus
- 16:02 – 18:15 Gemini
- 18:15 – 20:31 Cancer
- 20:31 – 22:42 Leo
- 22:42 – 00:52 next day Virgo
- 00:52 – 03:07 next day Libra
- 03:07 – 05:22 next day Scorpio
- 05:22 – 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