Kolkata panchang, 7 March 2024
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 03:30 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 17:41- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:53 – 07:22
- Gulika Kalam 08:50 – 10:19
- Durmuhurta 09:49 – 10:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:11
- Rahu Kalam 13:16 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta 14:32 – 15:20
- 08:23 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 13:03 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 14:51 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:41 to 05:52 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:45 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 01:20 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 13:03 · lord Sun
- Yoga Variyan until 08:23
- Karana Kaulava until 14:51, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:23 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 13:03 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 14:51 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:45 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:53 – 07:22
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:23 – 18:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:49 – 10:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:32 – 15:20
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. 04:15 – 05:04
- 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 17:41 – 20:07
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:53 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:22 – 08:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:50 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Char | 10:19 – 11:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:47 – 13:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:16 – 14:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:44 – 16:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:13 – 17:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:41 – 19:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:13 – 20:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:44 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:15 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:47 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:49 – 04:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:21 – 05:52 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
- 05:53 NowJupiter
- 06:52 NowMars
- 07:51 NowSun
- 08:50 NowVenus
- 09:49 NowMercury
- 10:48 NowMoon
- 11:47 NowSaturn
- 12:46 NowJupiter
- 13:45 NowMars
- 14:44 NowSun
- 15:43 NowVenus
- 16:42 NowMercury
- 17:41 NowMoon
- 18:42 NowSaturn
- 19:43 NowJupiter
- 20:44 NowMars
- 21:45 NowSun
- 22:46 NowVenus
- 23:47 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMoon
- 01:48 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:50 NowMars
- 04:51 NowSun
- 05:53 NowJupiter
- 06:53 NowMars
- 07:53 NowSun
- 08:53 NowVenus
- 09:53 NowMercury
- 10:53 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:53 NowJupiter
- 13:53 NowMars
- 14:53 NowSun
- 15:53 NowVenus
- 16:53 NowMercury
- 17:53 NowMoon
- 18:53 NowSaturn
- 19:53 NowJupiter
- 20:53 NowMars
- 21:53 NowSun
- 22:53 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMoon
- 01:53 NowSaturn
- 02:53 NowJupiter
- 03:53 NowMars
- 04:53 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:44 Capricorn
- 04:44 – 06:18 Aquarius
- 06:18 – 07:49 Pisces
- 07:49 – 09:29 Aries
- 09:29 – 11:28 Taurus
- 11:28 – 13:41 Gemini
- 13:41 – 15:57 Cancer
- 15:57 – 18:08 Leo
- 18:08 – 20:18 Virgo
- 20:18 – 22:32 Libra
- 22:32 – 00:48 next day Scorpio
- 00:48 – 02:53 next day Sagittarius
- 02:53 – 04:40 next day Capricorn
- 04:40 – 05:52 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