Kolkata panchang, 22 March 2026
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 07:36 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:39 to 17:47- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:07
- Yamaganda 11:43 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 14:45 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta 16:10 – 16:58
- Rahu Kalam 16:16 – 17:47
- 10:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:41 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
17:47 to 05:39 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 21:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:42 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:14 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 21:17
- Nakshatra Bharani until 22:42 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 15:41
- Karana Vanija until 10:37, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:41 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 21:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 21:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:42 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:14 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:16
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:41 – 16:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:10 – 16:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:16 – 17:47
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:39 – 22:42
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. 04:04 – 04:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:39 – 22:42
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:39 – 07:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:10 – 08:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:41 – 10:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:12 – 11:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:43 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:14 – 14:45 | Good |
| Rog | 14:45 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:16 – 17:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:47 – 19:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:16 – 20:45 | Good |
| Char | 20:45 – 22:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:14 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:43 – 01:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:12 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:41 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 05:39 NowSun
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:41 NowMercury
- 08:41 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:43 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:46 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:47 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:42 NowJupiter
- 01:41 NowMars
- 02:41 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:39 NowMercury
- 05:39 NowSun
- 06:39 NowVenus
- 07:39 NowMercury
- 08:39 NowMoon
- 09:39 NowSaturn
- 10:39 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:39 NowSun
- 13:39 NowVenus
- 14:39 NowMercury
- 15:39 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:39 NowJupiter
- 18:39 NowMars
- 19:39 NowSun
- 20:39 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:39 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:39 NowSun
- 03:39 NowVenus
- 04:39 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 05:21 Aquarius
- 05:21 – 06:52 Pisces
- 06:52 – 08:32 Aries
- 08:32 – 10:31 Taurus
- 10:31 – 12:44 Gemini
- 12:44 – 15:00 Cancer
- 15:00 – 17:11 Leo
- 17:11 – 19:21 Virgo
- 19:21 – 21:35 Libra
- 21:35 – 23:51 Scorpio
- 23:51 – 01:56 next day Sagittarius
- 01:56 – 03:43 next day Capricorn
- 03:43 – 05:17 next day Aquarius
- 05:17 – 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