Kolkata panchang, 26 March 2024
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 18:47 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:35 to 17:48- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:02 – 08:51
- Yamaganda 08:39 – 10:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:06
- Gulika Kalam 11:42 – 13:13
- Rahu Kalam 14:45 – 16:17
- 13:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 14:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 14:56 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:48 to 05:34 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:00 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:17 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 02:56 next day Moon enters Libra
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 14:56
- Nakshatra Hasta until 13:33 · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 22:17
- Karana Kaulava until 14:56, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 14:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 14:56 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:17 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 02:56 next day Moon enters Libra
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:02 – 08:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:17
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:17 – 01:53 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. 04:01 – 04:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:17 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:48 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:35 – 07:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:07 – 08:39 | Bad |
| Char | 08:39 – 10:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:10 – 11:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:42 – 13:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:13 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:45 – 16:17 | Good |
| Rog | 16:17 – 17:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:48 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:17 – 20:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:45 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:13 – 23:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:41 – 01:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:10 – 02:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:38 – 04:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:06 – 05:34 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
- 05:35 NowMars
- 06:36 NowSun
- 07:37 NowVenus
- 08:39 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:41 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:43 NowMars
- 13:44 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:46 NowMercury
- 16:47 NowMoon
- 17:48 NowSaturn
- 18:47 NowJupiter
- 19:46 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:44 NowVenus
- 22:42 NowMercury
- 23:41 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSaturn
- 01:39 NowJupiter
- 02:38 NowMars
- 03:37 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
- 05:35 NowMars
- 06:35 NowSun
- 07:35 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:35 NowMoon
- 10:35 NowSaturn
- 11:35 NowJupiter
- 12:35 NowMars
- 13:35 NowSun
- 14:35 NowVenus
- 15:35 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:35 NowSaturn
- 18:35 NowJupiter
- 19:35 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:35 NowVenus
- 22:35 NowMercury
- 23:35 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSaturn
- 01:35 NowJupiter
- 02:35 NowMars
- 03:35 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 05:03 Aquarius
- 05:03 – 06:34 Pisces
- 06:34 – 08:15 Aries
- 08:15 – 10:13 Taurus
- 10:13 – 12:26 Gemini
- 12:26 – 14:42 Cancer
- 14:42 – 16:53 Leo
- 16:53 – 19:03 Virgo
- 19:03 – 21:18 Libra
- 21:18 – 23:33 Scorpio
- 23:33 – 01:39 next day Sagittarius
- 01:39 – 03:26 next day Capricorn
- 03:26 – 04:59 next day Aquarius
- 04:59 – 05:34 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