Kolkata panchang, 17 March 2024
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 10:54 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:44 to 17:45- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:09
- Yamaganda 11:44 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 14:45 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta 16:09 – 16:57
- Rahu Kalam 16:15 – 17:45
- 09:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:47 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 17:05 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
17:45 to 05:43 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:53 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 21:53
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 16:47 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ayushman until 17:05
- Karana Vishti until 09:40, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:47 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 17:05 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 21:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:53 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:09 – 16:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:15 – 17:45
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. 04:08 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:47 – 20:55
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:44 – 07:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:14 – 08:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:44 – 10:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:14 – 11:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:44 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:15 – 14:45 | Good |
| Rog | 14:45 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:15 – 17:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:45 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:15 – 20:45 | Good |
| Char | 20:45 – 22:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:14 – 23:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:44 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:14 – 02:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:43 – 04:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:13 – 05:43 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
- 05:44 NowSun
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:44 NowMoon
- 09:44 NowSaturn
- 10:44 NowJupiter
- 11:44 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:45 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:45 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:44 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:44 NowJupiter
- 01:44 NowMars
- 02:43 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:43 NowMercury
- 05:44 NowSun
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:44 NowMoon
- 09:44 NowSaturn
- 10:44 NowJupiter
- 11:44 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:44 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:44 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:44 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:44 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:44 NowJupiter
- 01:44 NowMars
- 02:44 NowSun
- 03:44 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 05:38 Aquarius
- 05:38 – 07:09 Pisces
- 07:09 – 08:50 Aries
- 08:50 – 10:48 Taurus
- 10:48 – 13:02 Gemini
- 13:02 – 15:17 Cancer
- 15:17 – 17:29 Leo
- 17:29 – 19:39 Virgo
- 19:39 – 21:53 Libra
- 21:53 – 00:09 next day Scorpio
- 00:09 – 02:14 next day Sagittarius
- 02:14 – 04:01 next day Capricorn
- 04:01 – 05:34 next day Aquarius
- 05:34 – 05:43 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