Kolkata panchang, 16 March 2026
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 03:52 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:45 to 17:45- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:15 – 08:45
- Yamaganda 10:15 – 11:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam 13:15 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:21
- 05:56 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 09:36 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 09:41 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:45 to 05:44 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:37 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 09:41
- Nakshatra Shravana until 05:56 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shiva until 09:36
- Karana Taitila until 09:41, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 05:56 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 09:36 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 09:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:37 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:21
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. 04:09 – 04:57
- 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 17:45 – 20:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:45 – 05:56
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:45 – 05:56
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:45 – 07:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:15 – 08:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:45 – 10:15 | Good |
| Rog | 10:15 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:45 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Char | 13:15 – 14:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:45 – 16:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:15 – 17:45 | Good |
| Char | 17:45 – 19:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:15 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:45 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:14 – 23:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:44 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:14 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:44 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:14 – 05:44 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
- 05:45 NowMoon
- 06:45 NowSaturn
- 07:45 NowJupiter
- 08:45 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:44 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:44 NowVenus
- 01:44 NowMercury
- 02:44 NowMoon
- 03:44 NowSaturn
- 04:44 NowJupiter
- 05:45 NowMoon
- 06:45 NowSaturn
- 07:45 NowJupiter
- 08:45 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:45 NowVenus
- 01:45 NowMercury
- 02:45 NowMoon
- 03:45 NowSaturn
- 04:45 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 04:11 Capricorn
- 04:11 – 05:44 Aquarius
- 05:44 – 07:15 Pisces
- 07:15 – 08:56 Aries
- 08:56 – 10:54 Taurus
- 10:54 – 13:08 Gemini
- 13:08 – 15:23 Cancer
- 15:23 – 17:35 Leo
- 17:35 – 19:45 Virgo
- 19:45 – 21:59 Libra
- 21:59 – 00:15 next day Scorpio
- 00:15 – 02:20 next day Sagittarius
- 02:20 – 04:07 next day Capricorn
- 04:07 – 05:40 next day Aquarius
- 05:40 – 05:44 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