Kolkata panchang, 19 March 2026
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 05:39 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 17:46- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:42 – 07:13
- Gulika Kalam 08:43 – 10:14
- Durmuhurta 09:43 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam 13:14 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:21
- 06:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 06:53 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
17:46 to 05:41 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:56 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:17 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 04:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 04:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 06:53
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 04:05 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shukla until 01:17 next day
- Karana Naga until 06:53, then Kimstughna
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 06:53 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:56 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:17 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 04:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 04:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:42 – 07:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:43 – 10:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:43 – 10:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:21
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:36 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 05:42 – 06:35
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. 04:07 – 04:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:46 – 20:09
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:42 – 06:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:05 – 05:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:42 – 07:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:13 – 08:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:43 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Char | 10:14 – 11:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:44 – 13:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:14 – 14:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:45 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:15 – 17:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:46 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:15 – 20:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:45 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:14 – 23:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:44 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:13 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:42 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:12 – 05:41 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
- 05:42 NowJupiter
- 06:43 NowMars
- 07:43 NowSun
- 08:43 NowVenus
- 09:43 NowMercury
- 10:44 NowMoon
- 11:44 NowSaturn
- 12:44 NowJupiter
- 13:45 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:45 NowVenus
- 16:45 NowMercury
- 17:46 NowMoon
- 18:45 NowSaturn
- 19:45 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:44 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMoon
- 01:43 NowSaturn
- 02:42 NowJupiter
- 03:42 NowMars
- 04:42 NowSun
- 05:42 NowJupiter
- 06:42 NowMars
- 07:42 NowSun
- 08:42 NowVenus
- 09:42 NowMercury
- 10:42 NowMoon
- 11:42 NowSaturn
- 12:42 NowJupiter
- 13:42 NowMars
- 14:42 NowSun
- 15:42 NowVenus
- 16:42 NowMercury
- 17:42 NowMoon
- 18:42 NowSaturn
- 19:42 NowJupiter
- 20:42 NowMars
- 21:42 NowSun
- 22:42 NowVenus
- 23:42 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMoon
- 01:42 NowSaturn
- 02:42 NowJupiter
- 03:42 NowMars
- 04:42 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 05:32 Aquarius
- 05:32 – 07:04 Pisces
- 07:04 – 08:44 Aries
- 08:44 – 10:43 Taurus
- 10:43 – 12:56 Gemini
- 12:56 – 15:12 Cancer
- 15:12 – 17:23 Leo
- 17:23 – 19:33 Virgo
- 19:33 – 21:47 Libra
- 21:47 – 00:03 next day Scorpio
- 00:03 – 02:08 next day Sagittarius
- 02:08 – 03:55 next day Capricorn
- 03:55 – 05:28 next day Aquarius
- 05:28 – 05:41 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