Kalachakra has four faces and two legs. His front face is blue with bare fangs symbolizing anger , his right face is red embodying attachment, his left is white symbolizing peaceful state and his rear is yellow symbolizing calm abiding. Each face has three eyes. He is adorned with many jewel ornaments, such as earrings, bracelets, necklace, crown, bangles and anklets and so on. He wears a tiger skin. Of his 24 arms, 12 arms are on each side. The first four arms are black , the middle red and the last four arms are white.
The first of the black arms embraces the consort and wields a vajra ; the second, a sword, the third, a trident, and the fourth, a cleaver. The first of the right red hands holds a flaming arrow, the second, a long handled vajra hook, the third, a Damaru, and the fourth, a hammer. The first right white hand holds a wheel, the second a sword, the third a jeweled stick, and the fourth axe.
The first of the left black hands holds a bell, the second a shield, the third a Khatvanga, and the fourth a kapala. The first of the left red hands holds a bow, the second a lasso, the third a precious jewel, and the fourth a white lotus. The first of left white hands holds a white conch, the second a mirror, the third iron chain, and the fourth the head of the deity Brahma by the hair. Kalachakra has only two legs: The right one is red and the left one is white symbolizing the right energy channel containing blood and left energy channel containing white bodhicitta.
