Kolkata panchang, 29 December 2026
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:00 Moonrise 22:42 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 17:00- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:25 – 09:08
- Yamaganda 08:57 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 11:59
- Gulika Kalam 11:38 – 12:58
- Rahu Kalam 14:19 – 15:39
- 13:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:30 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 15:43 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
17:00 to 06:16 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:00 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:37 Moon enters Virgo
- 00:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 13:25
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 15:43 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 15:30
- Karana Vanija until 13:25, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:30 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 15:43 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 21:37 Moon enters Virgo
- 00:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:25 – 09:08
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:17
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:38 – 12:58
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:25 – 21:37
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:19 – 15:39
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. 04:30 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:17 – 11:59
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:00 – 19:39
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:16 – 12:44
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 15:43 – 06:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:16 – 07:37 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:37 – 08:57 | Avoid |
| Char | 08:57 – 10:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:17 – 11:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:38 – 12:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:58 – 14:19 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 14:19 – 15:39 | Good |
| Rog | 15:39 – 17:00 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 17:00 – 18:39 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:39 – 20:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:19 – 21:59 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 21:59 – 23:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:38 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:18 – 02:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:57 – 04:37 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 04:37 – 06:16 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
- 06:16 NowMars
- 07:10 NowSun
- 08:03 NowVenus
- 08:57 NowMercury
- 09:51 NowMoon
- 10:44 NowSaturn
- 11:38 NowJupiter
- 12:32 NowMars
- 13:25 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:13 NowMercury
- 16:06 NowMoon
- 17:00 NowSaturn
- 18:06 NowJupiter
- 19:13 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:32 NowMercury
- 23:38 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSaturn
- 01:51 NowJupiter
- 02:57 NowMars
- 04:04 NowSun
- 05:10 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMars
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:16 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:22 Scorpio
- 05:22 – 07:28 Sagittarius
- 07:28 – 09:15 Capricorn
- 09:15 – 10:48 Aquarius
- 10:48 – 12:19 Pisces
- 12:19 – 14:00 Aries
- 14:00 – 15:58 Taurus
- 15:58 – 18:11 Gemini
- 18:11 – 20:27 Cancer
- 20:27 – 22:38 Leo
- 22:38 – 00:49 next day Virgo
- 00:49 – 03:03 next day Libra
- 03:03 – 05:18 next day Scorpio
- 05:18 – 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