Kolkata panchang, 15 March 2026
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 03:13 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:46 to 17:44- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:09
- Yamaganda 11:45 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 14:45 – 16:14
- Durmuhurta 16:08 – 16:56
- Rahu Kalam 16:14 – 17:44
- 09:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 09:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
17:44 to 05:45 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:34 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 09:17
- Nakshatra Shravana until 05:56 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Parigha until 10:25
- Karana Balava until 09:17, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 09:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 21:34 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:08 – 16:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:14 – 17:44
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. 04:10 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:08
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:46 – 07:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:16 – 08:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:46 – 10:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:15 – 11:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:45 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:15 – 14:45 | Good |
| Rog | 14:45 – 16:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:14 – 17:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:44 – 19:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:14 – 20:44 | Good |
| Char | 20:44 – 22:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:15 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:45 – 01:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:15 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:45 – 04:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:15 – 05:45 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
- 05:46 NowSun
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:46 NowMercury
- 08:46 NowMoon
- 09:45 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:45 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:44 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:44 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:45 NowJupiter
- 01:45 NowMars
- 02:45 NowSun
- 03:45 NowVenus
- 04:45 NowMercury
- 05:46 NowSun
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:46 NowMercury
- 08:46 NowMoon
- 09:46 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:46 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:46 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:46 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:46 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:46 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:46 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 04:15 Capricorn
- 04:15 – 05:48 Aquarius
- 05:48 – 07:19 Pisces
- 07:19 – 09:00 Aries
- 09:00 – 10:58 Taurus
- 10:58 – 13:12 Gemini
- 13:12 – 15:27 Cancer
- 15:27 – 17:39 Leo
- 17:39 – 19:49 Virgo
- 19:49 – 22:03 Libra
- 22:03 – 00:19 next day Scorpio
- 00:19 – 02:24 next day Sagittarius
- 02:24 – 04:11 next day Capricorn
- 04:11 – 05:44 next day Aquarius
- 05:44 – 05:45 next day Pisces
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