Kolkata panchang, 17 March 2026
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 04:29 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:44 to 17:45- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:08 – 08:56
- Yamaganda 08:44 – 10:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:09
- Gulika Kalam 11:45 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam 14:45 – 16:15
- 06:22 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 08:15 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 09:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 09:23 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:45 to 05:43 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:59 Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 09:23
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 06:22 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 08:15
- Karana Vanija until 09:23, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:22 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 08:15 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 09:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 09:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:59 Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:08 – 08:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:44 – 10:15
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:23 – 20:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:15
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:44 – 06:22
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:22 – 05:43 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. 04:08 – 04:56
- 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:44 – 09:23
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:44 – 07:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:14 – 08:44 | Bad |
| Char | 08:44 – 10:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:15 – 11:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:45 – 13:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:15 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:45 – 16:15 | Good |
| Rog | 16:15 – 17:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:45 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:15 – 20:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:45 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:14 – 23:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:44 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:14 – 02:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:44 – 04:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:13 – 05:43 next day | Bad |
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
- 05:44 NowMars
- 06:44 NowSun
- 07:44 NowVenus
- 08:44 NowMercury
- 09:44 NowMoon
- 10:45 NowSaturn
- 11:45 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:45 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:45 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:45 NowSaturn
- 18:45 NowJupiter
- 19:45 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:44 NowVenus
- 22:44 NowMercury
- 23:44 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSaturn
- 01:44 NowJupiter
- 02:44 NowMars
- 03:44 NowSun
- 04:43 NowVenus
- 05:44 NowMars
- 06:44 NowSun
- 07:44 NowVenus
- 08:44 NowMercury
- 09:44 NowMoon
- 10:44 NowSaturn
- 11:44 NowJupiter
- 12:44 NowMars
- 13:44 NowSun
- 14:44 NowVenus
- 15:44 NowMercury
- 16:44 NowMoon
- 17:44 NowSaturn
- 18:44 NowJupiter
- 19:44 NowMars
- 20:44 NowSun
- 21:44 NowVenus
- 22:44 NowMercury
- 23:44 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSaturn
- 01:44 NowJupiter
- 02:44 NowMars
- 03:44 NowSun
- 04:44 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 05:40 Aquarius
- 05:40 – 07:11 Pisces
- 07:11 – 08:52 Aries
- 08:52 – 10:50 Taurus
- 10:50 – 13:04 Gemini
- 13:04 – 15:19 Cancer
- 15:19 – 17:31 Leo
- 17:31 – 19:41 Virgo
- 19:41 – 21:55 Libra
- 21:55 – 00:11 next day Scorpio
- 00:11 – 02:16 next day Sagittarius
- 02:16 – 04:03 next day Capricorn
- 04:03 – 05:36 next day Aquarius
- 05:36 – 05:43 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