Kolkata panchang, 8 March 2026
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 22:09 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:11
- Yamaganda 11:47 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 14:44 – 16:13
- Durmuhurta 16:07 – 16:54
- Rahu Kalam 16:13 – 17:41
- 07:04 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 08:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:31 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
17:41 to 05:52 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 21:11 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 21:11
- Nakshatra Swati until 13:31 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhruva until 07:04
- Karana Kaulava until 08:11, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:04 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 08:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:31 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 21:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 21:11 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:04 – 10:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:47 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:07 – 16:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:13 – 17:41
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:31 – 05:52 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. 04:15 – 05:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:08
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:53 – 07:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:21 – 08:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:50 – 10:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:18 – 11:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:47 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:16 – 14:44 | Good |
| Rog | 14:44 – 16:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:13 – 17:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:41 – 19:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:13 – 20:44 | Good |
| Char | 20:44 – 22:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:15 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:47 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:49 – 04:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:20 – 05:52 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 NowSun
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:51 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:47 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:42 NowSaturn
- 17:41 NowJupiter
- 18:42 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:47 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:51 NowMercury
- 05:53 NowSun
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:53 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:53 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:53 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:53 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:42 Capricorn
- 04:42 – 06:16 Aquarius
- 06:16 – 07:47 Pisces
- 07:47 – 09:27 Aries
- 09:27 – 11:26 Taurus
- 11:26 – 13:39 Gemini
- 13:39 – 15:55 Cancer
- 15:55 – 18:06 Leo
- 18:06 – 20:16 Virgo
- 20:16 – 22:30 Libra
- 22:30 – 00:46 next day Scorpio
- 00:46 – 02:51 next day Sagittarius
- 02:51 – 04:38 next day Capricorn
- 04:38 – 05:52 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