Kolkata panchang, 21 March 2026
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 06:54 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:40 to 17:46- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:40 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta 05:40 – 06:29
- Durmuhurta 06:29 – 07:17
- Rahu Kalam 08:42 – 10:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:08
- Yamaganda 13:14 – 14:45
- 13:15 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:46 to 05:39 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:01 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 23:56
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 00:37 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Indra until 19:01
- Karana Taitila until 13:15, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:01 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:40 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:40 – 06:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:29 – 07:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:45
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 19:01 – 15:41 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. 04:05 – 04:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 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 23:56 – 05:39 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:37 – 05:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:40 – 07:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:11 – 08:42 | Good |
| Rog | 08:42 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:13 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Char | 11:43 – 13:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:14 – 14:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:45 – 16:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:16 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:46 – 19:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:16 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:45 – 22:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:14 – 23:43 | Good |
| Char | 23:43 – 01:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:12 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:41 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:10 – 05:39 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
- 05:40 NowSaturn
- 06:41 NowJupiter
- 07:41 NowMars
- 08:42 NowSun
- 09:42 NowVenus
- 10:43 NowMercury
- 11:43 NowMoon
- 12:44 NowSaturn
- 13:44 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:46 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:45 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:44 NowMars
- 22:44 NowSun
- 23:43 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMercury
- 01:42 NowMoon
- 02:41 NowSaturn
- 03:41 NowJupiter
- 04:40 NowMars
- 05:40 NowSaturn
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:40 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:40 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:25 Aquarius
- 05:25 – 06:56 Pisces
- 06:56 – 08:36 Aries
- 08:36 – 10:35 Taurus
- 10:35 – 12:48 Gemini
- 12:48 – 15:04 Cancer
- 15:04 – 17:15 Leo
- 17:15 – 19:25 Virgo
- 19:25 – 21:39 Libra
- 21:39 – 23:55 Scorpio
- 23:55 – 02:00 next day Sagittarius
- 02:00 – 03:47 next day Capricorn
- 03:47 – 05:21 next day Aquarius
- 05:21 – 05:39 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