Kolkata panchang, 18 March 2026
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 05:04 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:43 to 17:45- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:14 – 08:44
- Gulika Kalam 10:14 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta 11:20 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:08 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:44 – 13:15
- 06:09 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 06:22 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
17:45 to 05:42 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:43 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:36 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 08:25
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 06:09 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sadhya until 06:22
- Karana Shakuni until 08:25, then Chatushpada
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:09 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 06:22 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 19:43 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:36 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:20 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:15
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:36 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 04:36 – 05:42 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 – 04:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:09
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:43 – 07:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:14 – 08:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:44 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:14 – 11:44 | Good |
| Rog | 11:44 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:15 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:15 – 17:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:45 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:15 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:14 | Good |
| Char | 22:14 – 23:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:44 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:13 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:43 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:13 – 05:42 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
- 05:43 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
- 05:43 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:43 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:43 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 05:36 Aquarius
- 05:36 – 07:07 Pisces
- 07:07 – 08:48 Aries
- 08:48 – 10:46 Taurus
- 10:46 – 13:00 Gemini
- 13:00 – 15:15 Cancer
- 15:15 – 17:27 Leo
- 17:27 – 19:37 Virgo
- 19:37 – 21:51 Libra
- 21:51 – 00:07 next day Scorpio
- 00:07 – 02:12 next day Sagittarius
- 02:12 – 03:59 next day Capricorn
- 03:59 – 05:32 next day Aquarius
- 05:32 – 05:42 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