Kolkata panchang, 6 March 2026
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 20:21 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 17:41- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:23 – 08:51
- Durmuhurta 08:16 – 09:03
- Rahu Kalam 10:19 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 12:58
- Yamaganda 14:44 – 16:12
- 07:05 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 09:30 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
17:41 to 05:53 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:18 Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 17:53
- Nakshatra Hasta until 09:30 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 07:05
- Karana Vishti until 17:53, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:05 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 09:30 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:18 Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 08:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:16 – 09:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 12:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:12
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. 04:16 – 05:05
- 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 17:41 – 20:07
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:54 – 07:23 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:23 – 08:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:51 – 10:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:19 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:47 – 13:16 | Good |
| Rog | 13:16 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:44 – 16:12 | Bad |
| Char | 16:12 – 17:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:41 – 19:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:12 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:44 – 22:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:15 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:47 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:19 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:50 – 04:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:22 – 05:53 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
- 05:54 NowVenus
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:47 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:47 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
- 05:54 NowVenus
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:50 Capricorn
- 04:50 – 06:24 Aquarius
- 06:24 – 07:55 Pisces
- 07:55 – 09:35 Aries
- 09:35 – 11:34 Taurus
- 11:34 – 13:47 Gemini
- 13:47 – 16:03 Cancer
- 16:03 – 18:14 Leo
- 18:14 – 20:24 Virgo
- 20:24 – 22:38 Libra
- 22:38 – 00:54 next day Scorpio
- 00:54 – 02:59 next day Sagittarius
- 02:59 – 04:46 next day Capricorn
- 04:46 – 05:53 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