Kolkata panchang, 6 March 2024
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 02:34 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 17:41- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:22 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam 10:19 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta 11:24 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:11 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:47 – 13:16
- 06:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 06:31 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:32 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 14:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 17:27 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:41 to 05:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:28 Moon enters Capricorn
- 04:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 04:14 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 06:31
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 14:51 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyatipata until 11:32
- Karana Vishti until 06:31, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 06:31 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:32 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 14:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 17:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:28 Moon enters Capricorn
- 04:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 04:14 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:08 – 11:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:24 – 12:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:47 – 13:16
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. 04:16 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:41 – 20:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:14 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:54 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:22 – 08:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:51 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:19 – 11:47 | Good |
| Rog | 11:47 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:16 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Char | 14:44 – 16:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:13 – 17:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:41 – 19:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:12 – 20:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:44 – 22:15 | Good |
| Char | 22:15 – 23:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:47 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:18 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:50 – 04:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:21 – 05:53 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
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:47 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:47 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:48 Capricorn
- 04:48 – 06:22 Aquarius
- 06:22 – 07:53 Pisces
- 07:53 – 09:33 Aries
- 09:33 – 11:32 Taurus
- 11:32 – 13:45 Gemini
- 13:45 – 16:01 Cancer
- 16:01 – 18:12 Leo
- 18:12 – 20:22 Virgo
- 20:22 – 22:36 Libra
- 22:36 – 00:52 next day Scorpio
- 00:52 – 02:57 next day Sagittarius
- 02:57 – 04:44 next day Capricorn
- 04:44 – 05:53 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