Kolkata panchang, 2 March 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 16:42 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 17:39- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:25 – 08:53
- Yamaganda 10:21 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 13:16 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta 14:32 – 15:19
- 06:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 07:51 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:51 Moon enters Leo
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
17:39 to 05:57 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:56 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 17:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:28 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 17:56
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 07:51 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Atiganda until 12:19
- Karana Gara until 06:30, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 07:51 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:51 Moon enters Leo
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 17:56 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 17:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:28 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:32 – 15:19
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:56 – 05:28 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. 04:19 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:39 – 20:07
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:58 – 07:51
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:58 – 07:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:25 – 08:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:53 – 10:21 | Good |
| Rog | 10:21 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:48 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Char | 13:16 – 14:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:44 – 16:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:11 – 17:39 | Good |
| Char | 17:39 – 19:11 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:11 – 20:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:43 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:16 – 23:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:48 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:20 – 02:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:52 – 04:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:25 – 05:57 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:58 NowMoon
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:55 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:48 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:44 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:43 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:48 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:49 NowVenus
- 01:51 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
- 04:55 NowJupiter
- 05:58 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 05:06 Capricorn
- 05:06 – 06:39 Aquarius
- 06:39 – 08:10 Pisces
- 08:10 – 09:51 Aries
- 09:51 – 11:49 Taurus
- 11:49 – 14:03 Gemini
- 14:03 – 16:18 Cancer
- 16:18 – 18:30 Leo
- 18:30 – 20:40 Virgo
- 20:40 – 22:54 Libra
- 22:54 – 01:10 next day Scorpio
- 01:10 – 03:15 next day Sagittarius
- 03:15 – 05:02 next day Capricorn
- 05:02 – 05:57 next day Aquarius
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