Kolkata panchang, 22 March 2024
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 15:29 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:39 to 17:47- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:10 – 08:41
- Durmuhurta 08:05 – 08:53
- Rahu Kalam 10:12 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 12:56
- Yamaganda 14:45 – 16:16
Night
17:47 to 05:38 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:34 Yoga becomes Shula
- 04:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 07:18 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 04:27 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhriti until 18:34
- Karana Kaulava until 18:00, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 18:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:34 Yoga becomes Shula
- 04:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:10 – 08:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:05 – 08:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:12 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 12:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:16
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:34 – 20:34
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:39 – 04:27 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. 04:04 – 04:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:27 – 05:38 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:27 – 05:38 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:27 – 05:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:39 – 07:10 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:10 – 08:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:41 – 10:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:12 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:43 – 13:14 | Good |
| Rog | 13:14 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:45 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Char | 16:16 – 17:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:47 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:16 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:45 – 22:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:14 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:43 – 01:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:11 – 02:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:40 – 04:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:09 – 05:38 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
- 05:39 NowVenus
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:47 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:39 NowMoon
- 05:39 NowVenus
- 06:39 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:39 NowSaturn
- 09:39 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:39 NowMercury
- 14:39 NowMoon
- 15:39 NowSaturn
- 16:39 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:39 NowSun
- 19:39 NowVenus
- 20:39 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:39 NowMercury
- 04:39 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 05:19 Aquarius
- 05:19 – 06:50 Pisces
- 06:50 – 08:30 Aries
- 08:30 – 10:29 Taurus
- 10:29 – 12:42 Gemini
- 12:42 – 14:58 Cancer
- 14:58 – 17:09 Leo
- 17:09 – 19:19 Virgo
- 19:19 – 21:33 Libra
- 21:33 – 23:49 Scorpio
- 23:49 – 01:54 next day Sagittarius
- 01:54 – 03:41 next day Capricorn
- 03:41 – 05:15 next day Aquarius
- 05:15 – 05:38 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