Kolkata panchang, 15 March 2024
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 09:11 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:46 to 17:44- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:16 – 08:45
- Durmuhurta 08:09 – 08:57
- Rahu Kalam 10:15 – 11:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 12:57
- Yamaganda 14:45 – 16:15
- 10:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:08 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
17:44 to 05:45 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:45 Yoga becomes Priti
- 22:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:09 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 22:09
- Nakshatra Krittika until 16:08 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vishkambha until 19:45
- Karana Kaulava until 10:42, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:08 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 19:45 Yoga becomes Priti
- 22:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:09 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:09 – 08:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 12:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:15
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. 04:09 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 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 05:46 – 16:08
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:46 – 22:09
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:46 – 07:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:16 – 08:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:45 – 10:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:15 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:45 – 13:15 | Good |
| Rog | 13:15 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:45 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Char | 16:15 – 17:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:44 – 19:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:14 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:45 – 22:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:15 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:45 – 01:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:15 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:45 – 04:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:15 – 05:45 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
- 05:46 NowVenus
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:46 NowVenus
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:46 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:46 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 04:13 Capricorn
- 04:13 – 05:46 Aquarius
- 05:46 – 07:17 Pisces
- 07:17 – 08:58 Aries
- 08:58 – 10:56 Taurus
- 10:56 – 13:10 Gemini
- 13:10 – 15:25 Cancer
- 15:25 – 17:37 Leo
- 17:37 – 19:47 Virgo
- 19:47 – 22:01 Libra
- 22:01 – 00:17 next day Scorpio
- 00:17 – 02:22 next day Sagittarius
- 02:22 – 04:09 next day Capricorn
- 04:09 – 05:42 next day Aquarius
- 05:42 – 05:45 next day Pisces
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