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Panchang for Kolkata — 24 December 2026

Shukla Purnima tithi, Ardra nakshatra · Thursday · West Bengal (22.5726°, 88.3639°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Partial (3/4)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Dhanu (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 — 06:13 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
TithiShukla Purnimauntil 06:58 AMPurna tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayThursdayMost auspicious — marriage, education, religion, wealth, children.
NakshatraArdra · pada 1until 01:47 AMTikshna nakshatra — Incantation, confrontation, severing ties — avoid auspicious karmas.
YogaShuklauntil 12:51 PMAuspicious nitya-yoga — supports the day's works.
KaranaBavauntil 06:58 AMMovable karana — generally workable for most activities.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise06:13 AM
Sunset04:59 PM
Moonrise05:21 PM
Moonset06:19 AM
Moon inGemini
Sun inSagittarius
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Hemanta

Auspicious windows

Abhijit Muhurta11:14 AM – 11:57 AM
Brahma Muhurta04:37 AM – 05:25 AM
Amrit Kalam05:17 PM – 06:41 PM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam12:56 PM – 02:17 PM
Gulika Kalam08:54 AM – 10:15 AM
Yamaganda06:13 AM – 07:33 AM
Varjyam08:56 AM – 10:19 AM
Durmuhurta12:40 PM – 01:23 PM
Durmuhurta03:32 PM – 04:15 PM

Day Choghadiya

Shubh06:13 AM – 07:33 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog07:33 AM – 08:54 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg08:54 AM – 10:15 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara10:15 AM – 11:36 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh11:36 AM – 12:56 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit12:56 PM – 02:17 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal02:17 PM – 03:38 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh03:38 PM – 04:59 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education

Night Choghadiya

Amrit04:59 PM – 06:38 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal06:38 PM – 08:17 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh08:17 PM – 09:56 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog09:56 PM – 11:36 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg11:36 PM – 01:15 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara01:15 AM – 02:54 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh02:54 AM – 04:33 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit04:33 AM – 06:13 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works

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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