Kolkata panchang, 29 March 2024
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 21:28 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:32 to 17:49- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:04 – 08:37
- Durmuhurta 08:00 – 08:49
- Rahu Kalam 10:09 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 12:05 – 12:55
- Yamaganda 14:45 – 16:17
- 07:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:09 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
17:49 to 05:31 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:36 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 23:11 Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 20:21
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 20:36 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vajra until 23:11
- Karana Bava until 07:42, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:09 Moon enters Scorpio
- 20:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:36 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 23:11 Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:04 – 08:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:00 – 08:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:09 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:17
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 – 04:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:16 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:49 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:32 – 07:04 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:04 – 08:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:37 – 10:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:09 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:13 | Good |
| Rog | 13:13 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:45 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Char | 16:17 – 17:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:49 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:17 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:45 – 22:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:13 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:40 – 01:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:08 – 02:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:36 – 04:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:04 – 05:31 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
- 05:32 NowVenus
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:47 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:42 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowVenus
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:59 – 04:51 Aquarius
- 04:51 – 06:22 Pisces
- 06:22 – 08:03 Aries
- 08:03 – 10:01 Taurus
- 10:01 – 12:15 Gemini
- 12:15 – 14:30 Cancer
- 14:30 – 16:42 Leo
- 16:42 – 18:52 Virgo
- 18:52 – 21:06 Libra
- 21:06 – 23:22 Scorpio
- 23:22 – 01:27 next day Sagittarius
- 01:27 – 03:14 next day Capricorn
- 03:14 – 04:47 next day Aquarius
- 04:47 – 05:31 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