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Panchang for Kolkata — 19 December 2025

Krishna Amavasya tithi, Jyeshtha nakshatra · Friday · West Bengal (22.5726°, 88.3639°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Shuddha (Pure)Vikram Samvat 2082 (Kalayukti)Shaka Samvat 1947Dhanu (Margashirsha)

A pañcāṅga is the day's five limbs — tithi, vāra, nakṣatra, yoga and karaṇa. All five come from the real positions of the Sun and Moon and change through the day, so they are reckoned from Kolkata (22.5726°, 88.3639°)'s own sunrise — 06:11 AM here today rather than from a national average. Below are today's five with the time each ends, and then the day's auspicious and inauspicious windows.

What it means
TithiKrishna Amavasyauntil 07:13 AMPurna tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayFridayArts, music, marriage, vehicles, luxury, pleasure.
NakshatraJyeshtha · pada 2until 10:51 PMTikshna nakshatra — Incantation, confrontation, severing ties — avoid auspicious karmas.
YogaShulauntil 03:46 PMInauspicious nitya-yoga — avoid auspicious works.
KaranaChatushpadauntil 06:08 PMFixed karana — cattle, stable works; muted for auspicious starts.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise06:11 AM
Sunset04:56 PM
Moonrise05:35 AM
Moonset04:06 PM
Moon inScorpio
Sun inSagittarius
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Hemanta

Auspicious windows

Abhijit Muhurta11:12 AM – 11:55 AM
Brahma Muhurta04:35 AM – 05:23 AM
Amrit Kalam01:15 PM – 03:01 PM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam10:12 AM – 11:33 AM
Gulika Kalam07:31 AM – 08:52 AM
Yamaganda02:14 PM – 03:35 PM
Varjyam
Durmuhurta10:29 AM – 11:12 AM
Durmuhurta01:21 PM – 02:04 PM

Day Choghadiya

Chara06:11 AM – 07:31 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh07:31 AM – 08:52 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit08:52 AM – 10:12 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal10:12 AM – 11:33 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh11:33 AM – 12:54 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog12:54 PM – 02:14 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg02:14 PM – 03:35 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara03:35 PM – 04:56 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work

Night Choghadiya

Rog04:56 PM – 06:35 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg06:35 PM – 08:14 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara08:14 PM – 09:54 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh09:54 PM – 11:33 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit11:33 PM – 01:12 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal01:12 AM – 02:52 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh02:52 AM – 04:31 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog04:31 AM – 06:11 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts

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Sources & citations

P Sun/Moon sidereal longitudes via Swiss Ephemeris (pyswisseph), Lahiri/Chitrapaksha ayanamsa
T1 Surya Siddhanta — tithi=Moon−Sun/12°, nakshatra=Moon/13°20′, yoga=(Sun+Moon)/13°20′, karana=half-tithi
T3 Rahu/Yamaganda/Gulika kalam — 8 equal day-octants by weekday (standard panchang convention)
T2 Prasna Marga — Visha (Varjyam) & Amrita ghati table per nakshatra
T2 Muhurta Chintamani — auspicious/inauspicious yogas, masa/ritu/ayana
T2 Abhijit = the midday muhurta — Jaimini Sutras, B. S. Rao 1955, commentator's note to Su.27: “The mid-day goes under the name of Abhijit and is considered as very auspicious for all work. It cuts away all evils. Abhijit sarva doshaghnam.” Day divided into 15 muhurtas of 2 ghati each, varying with daylength — Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra (Tara Chandra Shastri / Khemaraja edition)
T3 Durmuhurta — muhurta slots by weekday (standard panchang convention; no verse for it in our library, so it is not cited to one)
T3 Muhurta Chintamani — Choghadiya/Kalahora prakarana; weekday-rotated 7-cycle