Kolkata panchang, 4 March 2024
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 00:34 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 17:40- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:24 – 08:52
- Yamaganda 10:20 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 13:16 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta 14:32 – 15:19
- 08:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 08:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 16:21 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 16:21 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
17:40 to 05:55 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:33 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 08:49
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 16:21 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vajra until 16:05
- Karana Kaulava until 08:49, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 08:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 16:21 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 16:21 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 20:33 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:32 – 15:19
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. 04:17 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 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
| Amrit | 05:56 – 07:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:24 – 08:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:52 – 10:20 | Good |
| Rog | 10:20 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:48 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Char | 13:16 – 14:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:44 – 16:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:12 – 17:40 | Good |
| Char | 17:40 – 19:12 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:12 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:44 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:16 – 23:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:47 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:19 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:51 – 04:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:23 – 05:55 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:49 NowVenus
- 11:48 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:44 NowJupiter
- 15:43 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:41 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:44 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:47 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:49 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:51 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
- 04:54 NowJupiter
- 05:56 NowMoon
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:56 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:56 Capricorn
- 04:56 – 06:29 Aquarius
- 06:29 – 08:01 Pisces
- 08:01 – 09:41 Aries
- 09:41 – 11:40 Taurus
- 11:40 – 13:53 Gemini
- 13:53 – 16:08 Cancer
- 16:08 – 18:20 Leo
- 18:20 – 20:30 Virgo
- 20:30 – 22:44 Libra
- 22:44 – 01:00 next day Scorpio
- 01:00 – 03:05 next day Sagittarius
- 03:05 – 04:52 next day Capricorn
- 04:52 – 05:55 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