Kolkata panchang, 7 March 2026
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 21:15 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 17:41- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:53 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta 05:53 – 06:41
- Durmuhurta 06:41 – 07:28
- Rahu Kalam 08:50 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:11
- Yamaganda 13:16 – 14:44
- 06:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:52 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:15 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
17:41 to 05:53 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 19:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 19:17
- Nakshatra Chitra until 11:15 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vriddhi until 06:52
- Karana Bava until 06:31, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:52 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:15 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 19:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 19:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:53 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:53 – 06:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:41 – 07:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:44
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:53 – 11:15
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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:53 – 19:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:15 – 05:53 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:15 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:53 – 07:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:22 – 08:50 | Good |
| Rog | 08:50 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:19 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Char | 11:47 – 13:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:16 – 14:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:44 – 16:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:13 – 17:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:41 – 19:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:13 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:44 – 22:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:15 – 23:47 | Good |
| Char | 23:47 – 01:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:18 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:50 – 04:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:21 – 05:53 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
- 05:53 NowSaturn
- 06:52 NowJupiter
- 07:51 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:47 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:44 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:42 NowVenus
- 17:41 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:44 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:47 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:50 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 04:52 NowMars
- 05:53 NowSaturn
- 06:53 NowJupiter
- 07:53 NowMars
- 08:53 NowSun
- 09:53 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:53 NowJupiter
- 14:53 NowMars
- 15:53 NowSun
- 16:53 NowVenus
- 17:53 NowMercury
- 18:53 NowMoon
- 19:53 NowSaturn
- 20:53 NowJupiter
- 21:53 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:53 NowMoon
- 02:53 NowSaturn
- 03:53 NowJupiter
- 04:53 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:46 Capricorn
- 04:46 – 06:20 Aquarius
- 06:20 – 07:51 Pisces
- 07:51 – 09:31 Aries
- 09:31 – 11:30 Taurus
- 11:30 – 13:43 Gemini
- 13:43 – 15:59 Cancer
- 15:59 – 18:10 Leo
- 18:10 – 20:20 Virgo
- 20:20 – 22:34 Libra
- 22:34 – 00:50 next day Scorpio
- 00:50 – 02:55 next day Sagittarius
- 02:55 – 04:42 next day Capricorn
- 04:42 – 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