Kolkata panchang, 23 March 2024
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 16:19 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 17:47- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:38 – 07:09
- Durmuhurta 05:38 – 06:27
- Durmuhurta 06:27 – 07:15
- Rahu Kalam 08:40 – 10:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:07
- Yamaganda 13:14 – 14:45
- 07:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 07:18 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:47 to 05:37 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 20:36 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 07:18
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 07:33 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 19:33
- Karana Taitila until 07:18, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 07:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 20:36 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:38 – 07:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:38 – 06:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:27 – 07:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 10:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:45
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:33 – 21:57
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. 04:03 – 04:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:18 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:38 – 05:37 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:18 – 05:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:38 – 07:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:09 – 08:40 | Good |
| Rog | 08:40 – 10:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:12 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Char | 11:43 – 13:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:14 – 14:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:45 – 16:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:16 – 17:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:47 – 19:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:16 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:45 – 22:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:13 – 23:42 | Good |
| Char | 23:42 – 01:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:11 – 02:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:40 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:08 – 05:37 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
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:39 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:40 NowSun
- 09:41 NowVenus
- 10:42 NowMercury
- 11:43 NowMoon
- 12:43 NowSaturn
- 13:44 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:47 NowVenus
- 17:47 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:44 NowMars
- 22:43 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMercury
- 01:41 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:39 NowJupiter
- 04:38 NowMars
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:38 NowJupiter
- 07:38 NowMars
- 08:38 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:38 NowMercury
- 11:38 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:38 NowJupiter
- 14:38 NowMars
- 15:38 NowSun
- 16:38 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:38 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:38 NowJupiter
- 21:38 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:38 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMercury
- 01:38 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:38 NowJupiter
- 04:38 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 05:15 Aquarius
- 05:15 – 06:46 Pisces
- 06:46 – 08:26 Aries
- 08:26 – 10:25 Taurus
- 10:25 – 12:38 Gemini
- 12:38 – 14:54 Cancer
- 14:54 – 17:05 Leo
- 17:05 – 19:15 Virgo
- 19:15 – 21:29 Libra
- 21:29 – 23:45 Scorpio
- 23:45 – 01:50 next day Sagittarius
- 01:50 – 03:37 next day Capricorn
- 03:37 – 05:11 next day Aquarius
- 05:11 – 05:37 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