Kolkata panchang, 30 December 2026
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:01 Moonrise 23:38 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 17:01- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:37 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam 10:18 – 11:38
- Durmuhurta 11:17 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:00 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:38 – 12:59
- 12:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 12:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:41 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:37 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
17:01 to 06:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:01 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:29 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 12:36
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 15:37 · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 13:41
- Karana Bava until 12:36, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 12:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:41 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:37 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 00:29 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:37 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:38
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:17 – 12:00
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:38 – 12:59
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. 04:30 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:17 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:01 – 19:40
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:16 – 15:37
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:16 – 12:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:37 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:16 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:37 – 08:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:57 – 10:18 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:18 – 11:38 | Good |
| Rog | 11:38 – 12:59 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 12:59 – 14:19 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:19 – 15:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:40 – 17:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:01 – 18:40 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:40 – 20:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:20 – 21:59 | Good |
| Char | 21:59 – 23:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:39 – 01:18 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:18 – 02:58 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 02:58 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:37 – 06:17 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 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:32 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:07 NowMars
- 17:01 NowSun
- 18:07 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:18 Scorpio
- 05:18 – 07:24 Sagittarius
- 07:24 – 09:11 Capricorn
- 09:11 – 10:44 Aquarius
- 10:44 – 12:15 Pisces
- 12:15 – 13:56 Aries
- 13:56 – 15:54 Taurus
- 15:54 – 18:07 Gemini
- 18:07 – 20:23 Cancer
- 20:23 – 22:34 Leo
- 22:34 – 00:45 next day Virgo
- 00:45 – 02:59 next day Libra
- 02:59 – 05:14 next day Scorpio
- 05:14 – 06:17 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