Kolkata panchang, 9 March 2026
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 23:04 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:52 to 17:42- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:20 – 08:49
- Yamaganda 10:18 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 12:10 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 13:16 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta 14:32 – 15:20
- 07:35 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 09:30 Moon enters Scorpio
- 10:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
17:42 to 05:51 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 23:27 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 23:27
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 16:11 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyaghata until 07:35
- Karana Gara until 10:17, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:35 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 09:30 Moon enters Scorpio
- 10:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 23:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 23:27 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:10 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:32 – 15:20
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. 04:14 – 05:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:42 – 20:08
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:11 – 05:51 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:11 – 05:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:52 – 07:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:20 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:49 – 10:18 | Good |
| Rog | 10:18 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:47 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Char | 13:16 – 14:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:44 – 16:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:13 – 17:42 | Good |
| Char | 17:42 – 19:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:13 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:44 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:15 – 23:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:46 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:17 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:49 – 04:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:20 – 05:51 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:52 NowMoon
- 06:51 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:49 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:48 NowVenus
- 11:47 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:44 NowJupiter
- 15:44 NowMars
- 16:43 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:43 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:44 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:46 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:49 NowSaturn
- 04:50 NowJupiter
- 05:52 NowMoon
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 07:52 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:52 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
- 04:52 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:38 Capricorn
- 04:38 – 06:12 Aquarius
- 06:12 – 07:43 Pisces
- 07:43 – 09:23 Aries
- 09:23 – 11:22 Taurus
- 11:22 – 13:35 Gemini
- 13:35 – 15:51 Cancer
- 15:51 – 18:02 Leo
- 18:02 – 20:12 Virgo
- 20:12 – 22:26 Libra
- 22:26 – 00:42 next day Scorpio
- 00:42 – 02:47 next day Sagittarius
- 02:47 – 04:34 next day Capricorn
- 04:34 – 05:51 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