Kolkata panchang, 31 December 2026
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:01 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 17:01- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:17 – 07:37
- Gulika Kalam 08:58 – 10:18
- Durmuhurta 09:52 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:00
- Rahu Kalam 12:59 – 14:20
- Durmuhurta 14:09 – 14:52
- 12:26 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 12:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 12:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:13 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
17:01 to 06:17 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:01 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:47 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 12:32
- Nakshatra Hasta until 16:13 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 12:26
- Karana Kaulava until 12:32, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:26 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 12:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 12:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:13 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:47 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:17 – 07:37
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:18
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 09:52 – 10:34
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:26 – 14:50
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:59 – 14:20
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:09 – 14:52
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. 04:31 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:17 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:37 – 08:58 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 08:58 – 10:18 | Avoid |
| Char | 10:18 – 11:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:39 – 12:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:59 – 14:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:20 – 15:41 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 15:41 – 17:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:01 – 18:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:41 – 20:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:20 – 22:00 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 22:00 – 23:39 | Avoid |
| Labh | 23:39 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:19 – 02:58 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 02:58 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:38 – 06:17 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
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:04 NowSun
- 08:58 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:45 NowMoon
- 11:39 NowSaturn
- 12:33 NowJupiter
- 13:26 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:07 NowMercury
- 17:01 NowMoon
- 18:07 NowSaturn
- 19:14 NowJupiter
- 20:20 NowMars
- 21:26 NowSun
- 22:33 NowVenus
- 23:39 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:58 NowJupiter
- 04:04 NowMars
- 05:11 NowSun
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:17 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:17 NowMoon
- 12:17 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:17 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMercury
- 01:17 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
- 05:17 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:14 Scorpio
- 05:14 – 07:20 Sagittarius
- 07:20 – 09:07 Capricorn
- 09:07 – 10:40 Aquarius
- 10:40 – 12:11 Pisces
- 12:11 – 13:52 Aries
- 13:52 – 15:50 Taurus
- 15:50 – 18:04 Gemini
- 18:04 – 20:19 Cancer
- 20:19 – 22:31 Leo
- 22:31 – 00:41 next day Virgo
- 00:41 – 02:55 next day Libra
- 02:55 – 05:11 next day Scorpio
- 05:11 – 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