Kolkata panchang, 3 March 2024
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 17:40 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 17:40- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:11
- Yamaganda 11:48 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 14:44 – 16:12
- Durmuhurta 16:06 – 16:53
- Rahu Kalam 16:12 – 17:40
- 08:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:55 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 17:24 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
17:40 to 05:56 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 08:45
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 15:55 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Harshana until 17:24
- Karana Bava until 08:45, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:55 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 17:24 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 20:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:06 – 16:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:12 – 17:40
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:24 – 18:36
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:56 – 15:55
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:55 – 05:56 next day
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. 04:18 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:07
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:56 – 07:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:24 – 08:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:52 – 10:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:20 – 11:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:48 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:16 – 14:44 | Good |
| Rog | 14:44 – 16:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:12 – 17:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:40 – 19:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:12 – 20:44 | Good |
| Char | 20:44 – 22:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:16 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:48 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:20 – 02:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:52 – 04:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 05:56 NowSun
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:49 NowJupiter
- 11:48 NowMars
- 12:47 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:42 NowMoon
- 16:41 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:41 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:49 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMercury
- 05:56 NowSun
- 06:56 NowVenus
- 07:56 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 12:56 NowSun
- 13:56 NowVenus
- 14:56 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 17:56 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 22:56 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:56 NowMars
- 02:56 NowSun
- 03:56 NowVenus
- 04:56 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 05:00 Capricorn
- 05:00 – 06:33 Aquarius
- 06:33 – 08:04 Pisces
- 08:04 – 09:45 Aries
- 09:45 – 11:43 Taurus
- 11:43 – 13:57 Gemini
- 13:57 – 16:12 Cancer
- 16:12 – 18:24 Leo
- 18:24 – 20:34 Virgo
- 20:34 – 22:48 Libra
- 22:48 – 01:04 next day Scorpio
- 01:04 – 03:09 next day Sagittarius
- 03:09 – 04:56 next day Capricorn
- 04:56 – 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