Kolkata panchang, 2 March 2024
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 23:34 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:57 to 17:39- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:57 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta 05:57 – 06:44
- Durmuhurta 06:44 – 07:31
- Rahu Kalam 08:53 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:12
- Yamaganda 13:16 – 14:44
- 07:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 07:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:17 Moon enters Scorpio
- 14:42 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
17:39 to 05:56 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:06 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 20:25 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 07:54
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 14:42 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyaghata until 18:06
- Karana Vanija until 07:54, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 07:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:17 Moon enters Scorpio
- 14:42 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 18:06 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 20:25 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:57 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:57 – 06:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:44 – 07:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:53 – 10:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:44
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. 04:19 – 05:08
- 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 – 20:07
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:57 – 14:42
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:57 – 07:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:25 – 08:53 | Good |
| Rog | 08:53 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:21 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Char | 11:48 – 13:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:16 – 14:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:44 – 16:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:11 – 17:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:39 – 19:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:11 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:44 – 22:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:16 – 23:48 | Good |
| Char | 23:48 – 01:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:20 – 02:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:52 – 04:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:24 – 05:56 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowJupiter
- 07:54 NowMars
- 08:53 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:50 NowMercury
- 11:48 NowMoon
- 12:47 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:44 NowMars
- 15:42 NowSun
- 16:41 NowVenus
- 17:39 NowMercury
- 18:41 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:44 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:48 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:52 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
- 04:55 NowMars
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 06:57 NowJupiter
- 07:57 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:57 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:57 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 14:57 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 16:57 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 20:57 NowJupiter
- 21:57 NowMars
- 22:57 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:57 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:57 NowJupiter
- 04:57 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 05:04 Capricorn
- 05:04 – 06:37 Aquarius
- 06:37 – 08:08 Pisces
- 08:08 – 09:49 Aries
- 09:49 – 11:47 Taurus
- 11:47 – 14:01 Gemini
- 14:01 – 16:16 Cancer
- 16:16 – 18:28 Leo
- 18:28 – 20:38 Virgo
- 20:38 – 22:52 Libra
- 22:52 – 01:08 next day Scorpio
- 01:08 – 03:13 next day Sagittarius
- 03:13 – 05:00 next day Capricorn
- 05:00 – 05:56 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