Kolkata panchang, 28 March 2024
Sunrise 05:33 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 20:32 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:33 to 17:49- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:33 – 07:05
- Gulika Kalam 08:37 – 10:09
- Durmuhurta 09:39 – 10:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam 13:13 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:22
- 06:05 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:49 to 05:32 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:38 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 18:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:57 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:12 Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 18:57
- Nakshatra Swati until 18:38 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Harshana until 23:12
- Karana Vanija until 06:05, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:05 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:38 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 18:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:57 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:12 Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:33 – 07:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 10:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:39 – 10:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:22
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:12 – 00:24 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. 03:59 – 04:46
- 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 17:49 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:33 – 07:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:05 – 08:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:37 – 10:09 | Bad |
| Char | 10:09 – 11:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:41 – 13:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:13 – 14:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:45 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:17 – 17:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:49 – 19:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:17 – 20:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:45 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:13 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:41 – 01:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:09 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:37 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:04 – 05:32 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
- 05:33 NowJupiter
- 06:35 NowMars
- 07:36 NowSun
- 08:37 NowVenus
- 09:39 NowMercury
- 10:40 NowMoon
- 11:41 NowSaturn
- 12:43 NowJupiter
- 13:44 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:46 NowVenus
- 16:48 NowMercury
- 17:49 NowMoon
- 18:48 NowSaturn
- 19:46 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:42 NowVenus
- 23:41 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMoon
- 01:38 NowSaturn
- 02:37 NowJupiter
- 03:35 NowMars
- 04:34 NowSun
- 05:33 NowJupiter
- 06:33 NowMars
- 07:33 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:33 NowMercury
- 10:33 NowMoon
- 11:33 NowSaturn
- 12:33 NowJupiter
- 13:33 NowMars
- 14:33 NowSun
- 15:33 NowVenus
- 16:33 NowMercury
- 17:33 NowMoon
- 18:33 NowSaturn
- 19:33 NowJupiter
- 20:33 NowMars
- 21:33 NowSun
- 22:33 NowVenus
- 23:33 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMoon
- 01:33 NowSaturn
- 02:33 NowJupiter
- 03:33 NowMars
- 04:33 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:59 – 04:55 Aquarius
- 04:55 – 06:26 Pisces
- 06:26 – 08:07 Aries
- 08:07 – 10:05 Taurus
- 10:05 – 12:18 Gemini
- 12:18 – 14:34 Cancer
- 14:34 – 16:45 Leo
- 16:45 – 18:56 Virgo
- 18:56 – 21:10 Libra
- 21:10 – 23:25 Scorpio
- 23:25 – 01:31 next day Sagittarius
- 01:31 – 03:18 next day Capricorn
- 03:18 – 04:51 next day Aquarius
- 04:51 – 05:32 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