Kolkata panchang, 9 March 2024
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 05:06 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:51 to 17:42- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:51 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta 05:51 – 06:39
- Durmuhurta 06:39 – 07:26
- Rahu Kalam 08:49 – 10:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:10
- Yamaganda 13:16 – 14:44
- 07:55 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 08:09 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
17:42 to 05:50 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:18 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 18:18 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 20:32 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:24 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 04:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 18:18
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 07:55 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 20:32
- Karana Vishti until 08:09, then Shakuni
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:55 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 08:09 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 18:18 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 18:18 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 20:32 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:24 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 04:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:58 – 08:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:51 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:51 – 06:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:39 – 07:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:44
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. 04:14 – 05:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:42 – 20:08
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:51 – 18:18
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:51 – 07:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:20 – 08:49 | Good |
| Rog | 08:49 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:18 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Char | 11:47 – 13:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:16 – 14:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:44 – 16:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:13 – 17:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:42 – 19:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:13 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:44 – 22:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:15 – 23:46 | Good |
| Char | 23:46 – 01:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:17 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:48 – 04:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:19 – 05:50 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
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 06:50 NowJupiter
- 07:50 NowMars
- 08:49 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:47 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:44 NowMars
- 15:44 NowSun
- 16:43 NowVenus
- 17:42 NowMercury
- 18:43 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:44 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:46 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:49 NowJupiter
- 04:50 NowMars
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 06:51 NowJupiter
- 07:51 NowMars
- 08:51 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 11:51 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:51 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 16:51 NowVenus
- 17:51 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 21:51 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:51 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:51 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:36 Capricorn
- 04:36 – 06:10 Aquarius
- 06:10 – 07:41 Pisces
- 07:41 – 09:21 Aries
- 09:21 – 11:20 Taurus
- 11:20 – 13:33 Gemini
- 13:33 – 15:49 Cancer
- 15:49 – 18:00 Leo
- 18:00 – 20:10 Virgo
- 20:10 – 22:24 Libra
- 22:24 – 00:40 next day Scorpio
- 00:40 – 02:45 next day Sagittarius
- 02:45 – 04:32 next day Capricorn
- 04:32 – 05:50 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