Kolkata panchang, 5 March 2026
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 19:28 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 17:40- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:55 – 07:23
- Gulika Kalam 08:51 – 10:20
- Durmuhurta 09:50 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:11
- Rahu Kalam 13:16 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta 14:32 – 15:19
- 07:45 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 08:17 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 17:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:04 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:40 to 05:54 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:24 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 17:04
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 08:17 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shula until 07:45
- Karana Gara until 17:04, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:45 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 08:17 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 17:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:04 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:24 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:55 – 07:23
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:45 – 10:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:51 – 10:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:50 – 10:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:32 – 15:19
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:55 – 08:17
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 17:03 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 15:59 – 18:07
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. 04:17 – 05:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:55 – 07:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:23 – 08:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:51 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Char | 10:20 – 11:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:48 – 13:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:16 – 14:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:44 – 16:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:12 – 17:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:40 – 19:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:12 – 20:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:44 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:16 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:47 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:19 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:51 – 04:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:23 – 05:54 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
- 05:55 NowJupiter
- 06:54 NowMars
- 07:53 NowSun
- 08:51 NowVenus
- 09:50 NowMercury
- 10:49 NowMoon
- 11:48 NowSaturn
- 12:46 NowJupiter
- 13:45 NowMars
- 14:44 NowSun
- 15:43 NowVenus
- 16:41 NowMercury
- 17:40 NowMoon
- 18:41 NowSaturn
- 19:43 NowJupiter
- 20:44 NowMars
- 21:45 NowSun
- 22:46 NowVenus
- 23:47 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMoon
- 01:50 NowSaturn
- 02:51 NowJupiter
- 03:52 NowMars
- 04:53 NowSun
- 05:55 NowJupiter
- 06:55 NowMars
- 07:55 NowSun
- 08:55 NowVenus
- 09:55 NowMercury
- 10:55 NowMoon
- 11:55 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:55 NowMars
- 14:55 NowSun
- 15:55 NowVenus
- 16:55 NowMercury
- 17:55 NowMoon
- 18:55 NowSaturn
- 19:55 NowJupiter
- 20:55 NowMars
- 21:55 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- 23:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMoon
- 01:55 NowSaturn
- 02:55 NowJupiter
- 03:55 NowMars
- 04:55 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:54 Capricorn
- 04:54 – 06:27 Aquarius
- 06:27 – 07:59 Pisces
- 07:59 – 09:39 Aries
- 09:39 – 11:38 Taurus
- 11:38 – 13:51 Gemini
- 13:51 – 16:07 Cancer
- 16:07 – 18:18 Leo
- 18:18 – 20:28 Virgo
- 20:28 – 22:42 Libra
- 22:42 – 00:58 next day Scorpio
- 00:58 – 03:03 next day Sagittarius
- 03:03 – 04:50 next day Capricorn
- 04:50 – 05:54 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