Kolkata panchang, 13 March 2024
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 07:44 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:48 to 17:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:17 – 08:47
- Gulika Kalam 10:16 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta 11:22 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:09 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:46 – 13:15
- 14:40 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:44 to 05:47 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:24 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 00:48 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 01:26 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:26 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 01:26 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 18:24 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Indra until 00:48 next day
- Karana Vanija until 14:40, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:40 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:24 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 00:48 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 01:26 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:26 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:22 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:15
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:48 – 21:59 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:48 – 18:24
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:24 – 05:47 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. 04:11 – 04:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:48 – 18:24
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:48 – 07:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:17 – 08:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:47 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:16 – 11:46 | Good |
| Rog | 11:46 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:15 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:14 – 17:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:44 – 19:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:14 – 20:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:44 – 22:15 | Good |
| Char | 22:15 – 23:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:45 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:16 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:46 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:16 – 05:47 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
- 05:48 NowMercury
- 06:47 NowMoon
- 07:47 NowSaturn
- 08:47 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 05:48 NowMercury
- 06:48 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:48 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 04:21 Capricorn
- 04:21 – 05:54 Aquarius
- 05:54 – 07:25 Pisces
- 07:25 – 09:06 Aries
- 09:06 – 11:04 Taurus
- 11:04 – 13:17 Gemini
- 13:17 – 15:33 Cancer
- 15:33 – 17:44 Leo
- 17:44 – 19:55 Virgo
- 19:55 – 22:09 Libra
- 22:09 – 00:24 next day Scorpio
- 00:24 – 02:30 next day Sagittarius
- 02:30 – 04:17 next day Capricorn
- 04:17 – 05:47 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