Kolkata panchang, 8 March 2024
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 04:20 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:52 to 17:42- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:21 – 08:50
- Durmuhurta 08:14 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:18 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 12:58
- Yamaganda 14:44 – 16:13
- 10:40 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 11:42 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:42 to 05:51 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 21:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:45 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 21:58
- Nakshatra Shravana until 10:40 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shiva until 00:45 next day
- Karana Gara until 11:42, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:40 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 11:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:20 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 21:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:45 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:14 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 12:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:13
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:58 – 08:09 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. 04:15 – 05:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:42 – 20:08
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:52 – 10:40
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:52 – 07:21 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:21 – 08:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:50 – 10:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:18 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:47 – 13:16 | Good |
| Rog | 13:16 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:44 – 16:13 | Bad |
| Char | 16:13 – 17:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:42 – 19:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:13 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:44 – 22:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:15 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:46 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:49 – 04:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:20 – 05:51 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
- 05:52 NowVenus
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:47 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:52 NowVenus
- 06:52 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:52 NowMercury
- 14:52 NowMoon
- 15:52 NowSaturn
- 16:52 NowJupiter
- 17:52 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:52 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:40 Capricorn
- 04:40 – 06:14 Aquarius
- 06:14 – 07:45 Pisces
- 07:45 – 09:25 Aries
- 09:25 – 11:24 Taurus
- 11:24 – 13:37 Gemini
- 13:37 – 15:53 Cancer
- 15:53 – 18:04 Leo
- 18:04 – 20:14 Virgo
- 20:14 – 22:28 Libra
- 22:28 – 00:44 next day Scorpio
- 00:44 – 02:49 next day Sagittarius
- 02:49 – 04:36 next day Capricorn
- 04:36 – 05:51 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