Kolkata panchang, 4 March 2026
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 18:34 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 17:40- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:24 – 08:52
- Gulika Kalam 10:20 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta 11:24 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:11 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:48 – 13:16
- 07:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 08:52 Yoga becomes Shula
- 13:45 Moon enters Virgo
- 16:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 16:49 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:40 to 05:55 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 16:49
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 07:39 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhriti until 08:52
- Karana Kaulava until 16:49, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 08:52 Yoga becomes Shula
- 13:45 Moon enters Virgo
- 16:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 16:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:52
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:52 – 10:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:24 – 12:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:16
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. 04:18 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:49 – 05:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:56 – 07:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:24 – 08:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:52 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:20 – 11:48 | Good |
| Rog | 11:48 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:16 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Char | 14:44 – 16:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:12 – 17:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:40 – 19:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:12 – 20:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:44 – 22:16 | Good |
| Char | 22:16 – 23:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:47 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:19 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:51 – 04:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:23 – 05:55 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
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:47 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 04:58 Capricorn
- 04:58 – 06:31 Aquarius
- 06:31 – 08:03 Pisces
- 08:03 – 09:43 Aries
- 09:43 – 11:42 Taurus
- 11:42 – 13:55 Gemini
- 13:55 – 16:11 Cancer
- 16:11 – 18:22 Leo
- 18:22 – 20:32 Virgo
- 20:32 – 22:46 Libra
- 22:46 – 01:02 next day Scorpio
- 01:02 – 03:07 next day Sagittarius
- 03:07 – 04:54 next day Capricorn
- 04:54 – 05:55 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