Kolkata panchang, 16 March 2024
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 10:01 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:45 to 17:45- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:45 – 07:15
- Durmuhurta 05:45 – 06:33
- Durmuhurta 06:33 – 07:21
- Rahu Kalam 08:45 – 10:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:09
- Yamaganda 13:15 – 14:45
- 09:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:05 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
17:45 to 05:44 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:07 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 21:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 21:39 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:21 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 21:39
- Nakshatra Rohini until 16:05 · lord Moon
- Yoga Priti until 18:07
- Karana Gara until 09:48, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:05 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 18:07 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 21:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 21:39 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:21 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:45 – 07:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:45 – 06:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:33 – 07:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:45 – 10:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:45
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 – 04:57
- 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 17:45 – 20:09
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:45 – 16:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:45 – 16:05
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:45 – 07:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:15 – 08:45 | Good |
| Rog | 08:45 – 10:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:15 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Char | 11:45 – 13:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:15 – 14:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:45 – 16:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:15 – 17:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:45 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:15 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:45 – 22:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:14 – 23:44 | Good |
| Char | 23:44 – 01:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:14 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:44 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:14 – 05:44 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
- 05:45 NowSaturn
- 06:45 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:45 NowSun
- 09:45 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:45 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:45 NowVenus
- 17:45 NowMercury
- 18:45 NowMoon
- 19:45 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:44 NowMars
- 22:44 NowSun
- 23:44 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMercury
- 01:44 NowMoon
- 02:44 NowSaturn
- 03:44 NowJupiter
- 04:44 NowMars
- 05:45 NowSaturn
- 06:45 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:45 NowSun
- 09:45 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:45 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:45 NowVenus
- 17:45 NowMercury
- 18:45 NowMoon
- 19:45 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:45 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMercury
- 01:45 NowMoon
- 02:45 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:45 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 04:09 Capricorn
- 04:09 – 05:42 Aquarius
- 05:42 – 07:13 Pisces
- 07:13 – 08:54 Aries
- 08:54 – 10:52 Taurus
- 10:52 – 13:06 Gemini
- 13:06 – 15:21 Cancer
- 15:21 – 17:33 Leo
- 17:33 – 19:43 Virgo
- 19:43 – 21:57 Libra
- 21:57 – 00:13 next day Scorpio
- 00:13 – 02:18 next day Sagittarius
- 02:18 – 04:05 next day Capricorn
- 04:05 – 05:38 next day Aquarius
- 05:38 – 05:44 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