Kolkata panchang, 12 March 2026
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 00:52 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:49 to 17:43- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:49 – 07:18
- Gulika Kalam 08:47 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta 09:47 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:10
- Rahu Kalam 13:15 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:20
- 09:58 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 17:27 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:43 to 05:48 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 06:29 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 00:43 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddhi until 09:58
- Karana Taitila until 17:27, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:58 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 17:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:49 – 07:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:47 – 10:35
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 09:58 – 10:31 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 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. 04:12 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:43 – 20:08
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:49 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:18 – 08:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:47 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Char | 10:17 – 11:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:46 – 13:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:15 – 14:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:45 – 16:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:14 – 17:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:43 – 19:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:14 – 20:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:44 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:15 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:46 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:16 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:47 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:17 – 05:48 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
- 05:49 NowJupiter
- 06:48 NowMars
- 07:48 NowSun
- 08:47 NowVenus
- 09:47 NowMercury
- 10:46 NowMoon
- 11:46 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:45 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:44 NowVenus
- 16:44 NowMercury
- 17:43 NowMoon
- 18:43 NowSaturn
- 19:44 NowJupiter
- 20:44 NowMars
- 21:45 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:46 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMoon
- 01:46 NowSaturn
- 02:47 NowJupiter
- 03:47 NowMars
- 04:48 NowSun
- 05:49 NowJupiter
- 06:49 NowMars
- 07:49 NowSun
- 08:49 NowVenus
- 09:49 NowMercury
- 10:49 NowMoon
- 11:49 NowSaturn
- 12:49 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:49 NowSun
- 15:49 NowVenus
- 16:49 NowMercury
- 17:49 NowMoon
- 18:49 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:49 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- 23:49 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMoon
- 01:49 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:49 NowMars
- 04:49 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 04:27 Capricorn
- 04:27 – 06:00 Aquarius
- 06:00 – 07:31 Pisces
- 07:31 – 09:12 Aries
- 09:12 – 11:10 Taurus
- 11:10 – 13:23 Gemini
- 13:23 – 15:39 Cancer
- 15:39 – 17:50 Leo
- 17:50 – 20:01 Virgo
- 20:01 – 22:15 Libra
- 22:15 – 00:30 next day Scorpio
- 00:30 – 02:36 next day Sagittarius
- 02:36 – 04:23 next day Capricorn
- 04:23 – 05:48 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