Kolkata panchang, 1 March 2024
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 22:37 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 17:39- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:26 – 08:53
- Durmuhurta 08:18 – 09:05
- Rahu Kalam 10:21 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 12:59
- Yamaganda 14:44 – 16:11
- 06:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:48 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
17:39 to 05:57 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:14 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 19:13 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 06:22
- Nakshatra Swati until 12:48 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhruva until 18:14
- Karana Taitila until 06:22, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:48 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 18:14 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 19:13 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 08:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:18 – 09:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 12:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:11
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:14 – 21:50
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:20 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:39 – 20:06
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:22 – 05:57 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:48 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:58 – 07:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:26 – 08:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:53 – 10:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:21 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:48 – 13:16 | Good |
| Rog | 13:16 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:44 – 16:11 | Bad |
| Char | 16:11 – 17:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:39 – 19:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:11 – 20:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:43 – 22:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:16 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:48 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:20 – 02:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:53 – 04:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:25 – 05:57 next day | Bad |
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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 07:55 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:42 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 05:08 Capricorn
- 05:08 – 06:41 Aquarius
- 06:41 – 08:12 Pisces
- 08:12 – 09:53 Aries
- 09:53 – 11:51 Taurus
- 11:51 – 14:05 Gemini
- 14:05 – 16:20 Cancer
- 16:20 – 18:32 Leo
- 18:32 – 20:42 Virgo
- 20:42 – 22:56 Libra
- 22:56 – 01:12 next day Scorpio
- 01:12 – 03:17 next day Sagittarius
- 03:17 – 05:04 next day Capricorn
- 05:04 – 05:57 next day Aquarius
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