Kolkata panchang, 27 March 2024
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 19:38 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:34 to 17:49- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:06 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam 10:10 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:17 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:13
- 16:15 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 17:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:06 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:49 to 05:33 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:53 Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 17:06
- Nakshatra Chitra until 16:15 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyaghata until 22:53
- Karana Gara until 17:06, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 16:15 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 17:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:53 Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:06 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:10 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:17 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:13
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. 04:00 – 04:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:49 – 20:10
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:34 – 17:06
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:34 – 07:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:06 – 08:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:38 – 10:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:10 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:13 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:17 – 17:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:49 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:17 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:13 | Good |
| Char | 22:13 – 23:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:41 – 01:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:09 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:37 – 04:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:05 – 05:33 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
- 05:34 NowMercury
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:39 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:36 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:34 NowMercury
- 06:34 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:34 NowJupiter
- 09:34 NowMars
- 10:34 NowSun
- 11:34 NowVenus
- 12:34 NowMercury
- 13:34 NowMoon
- 14:34 NowSaturn
- 15:34 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:34 NowSaturn
- 22:34 NowJupiter
- 23:34 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSun
- 01:34 NowVenus
- 02:34 NowMercury
- 03:34 NowMoon
- 04:34 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 04:59 Aquarius
- 04:59 – 06:30 Pisces
- 06:30 – 08:11 Aries
- 08:11 – 10:09 Taurus
- 10:09 – 12:22 Gemini
- 12:22 – 14:38 Cancer
- 14:38 – 16:49 Leo
- 16:49 – 19:00 Virgo
- 19:00 – 21:14 Libra
- 21:14 – 23:29 Scorpio
- 23:29 – 01:35 next day Sagittarius
- 01:35 – 03:22 next day Capricorn
- 03:22 – 04:55 next day Aquarius
- 04:55 – 05:33 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