Kolkata panchang, 18 March 2024
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 11:50 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:43 to 17:46- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:13 – 08:44
- Yamaganda 10:14 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam 13:15 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:21
- 10:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:36 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
17:46 to 05:42 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:10 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 22:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 22:49 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 22:49
- Nakshatra Ardra until 18:10 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 16:36
- Karana Balava until 10:16, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:36 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 18:10 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 22:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 22:49 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:21
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. 04:07 – 04:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:10 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:43 – 07:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:13 – 08:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:44 – 10:14 | Good |
| Rog | 10:14 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:44 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Char | 13:15 – 14:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:45 – 16:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:15 – 17:46 | Good |
| Char | 17:46 – 19:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:15 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:45 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:14 – 23:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:44 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:13 – 02:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:43 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:12 – 05:42 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:43 NowMoon
- 06:43 NowSaturn
- 07:43 NowJupiter
- 08:44 NowMars
- 09:44 NowSun
- 10:44 NowVenus
- 11:44 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:46 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:44 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:43 NowVenus
- 01:43 NowMercury
- 02:43 NowMoon
- 03:43 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
- 05:43 NowMoon
- 06:43 NowSaturn
- 07:43 NowJupiter
- 08:43 NowMars
- 09:43 NowSun
- 10:43 NowVenus
- 11:43 NowMercury
- 12:43 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:43 NowJupiter
- 15:43 NowMars
- 16:43 NowSun
- 17:43 NowVenus
- 18:43 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:43 NowSaturn
- 21:43 NowJupiter
- 22:43 NowMars
- 23:43 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:43 NowVenus
- 01:43 NowMercury
- 02:43 NowMoon
- 03:43 NowSaturn
- 04:43 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 05:34 Aquarius
- 05:34 – 07:05 Pisces
- 07:05 – 08:46 Aries
- 08:46 – 10:44 Taurus
- 10:44 – 12:58 Gemini
- 12:58 – 15:13 Cancer
- 15:13 – 17:25 Leo
- 17:25 – 19:35 Virgo
- 19:35 – 21:49 Libra
- 21:49 – 00:05 next day Scorpio
- 00:05 – 02:10 next day Sagittarius
- 02:10 – 03:57 next day Capricorn
- 03:57 – 05:30 next day Aquarius
- 05:30 – 05:42 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