Kolkata panchang, 20 March 2026
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 06:15 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:41 to 17:46- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:12 – 08:43
- Durmuhurta 08:06 – 08:55
- Rahu Kalam 10:13 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:56
- Yamaganda 14:45 – 16:15
- 15:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:46 to 05:40 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:15 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:27 next day Moon enters Aries
- 02:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:31 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 02:27 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 22:15
- Karana Balava until 15:44, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 15:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:15 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:27 next day Moon enters Aries
- 02:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:12 – 08:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:06 – 08:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:15
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. 04:06 – 04:54
- 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
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:41 – 02:27 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:41 – 02:27 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:27 – 05:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:41 – 07:12 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:12 – 08:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:43 – 10:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:13 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:44 – 13:14 | Good |
| Rog | 13:14 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:45 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Char | 16:15 – 17:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:46 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:15 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:45 – 22:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:14 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:43 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:13 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:42 – 04:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:11 – 05:40 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
- 05:41 NowVenus
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowVenus
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:28 Aquarius
- 05:28 – 07:00 Pisces
- 07:00 – 08:40 Aries
- 08:40 – 10:39 Taurus
- 10:39 – 12:52 Gemini
- 12:52 – 15:08 Cancer
- 15:08 – 17:19 Leo
- 17:19 – 19:29 Virgo
- 19:29 – 21:43 Libra
- 21:43 – 23:59 Scorpio
- 23:59 – 02:04 next day Sagittarius
- 02:04 – 03:51 next day Capricorn
- 03:51 – 05:25 next day Aquarius
- 05:25 – 05:40 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