Kolkata panchang, 24 March 2026
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 09:19 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 17:47- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:04 – 08:52
- Yamaganda 08:40 – 10:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:07
- Gulika Kalam 11:43 – 13:14
- Rahu Kalam 14:45 – 16:16
- 09:07 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 16:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 16:08 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:47 to 05:37 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:05 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 02:57 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 16:08
- Nakshatra Rohini until 19:05 · lord Moon
- Yoga Priti until 09:07
- Karana Taitila until 16:08, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:07 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 16:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 16:08 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:05 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 02:57 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:04 – 08:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 10:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:16
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. 04:03 – 04:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:18 – 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 05:38 – 19:05
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:38 – 07:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:09 – 08:40 | Bad |
| Char | 08:40 – 10:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:11 – 11:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:43 – 13:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:14 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:45 – 16:16 | Good |
| Rog | 16:16 – 17:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:47 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:16 – 20:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:45 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:13 – 23:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:42 – 01:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:11 – 02:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:39 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:08 – 05:37 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
- 05:38 NowMars
- 06:38 NowSun
- 07:39 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:41 NowMoon
- 10:42 NowSaturn
- 11:43 NowJupiter
- 12:43 NowMars
- 13:44 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:46 NowMercury
- 16:47 NowMoon
- 17:47 NowSaturn
- 18:47 NowJupiter
- 19:46 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:44 NowVenus
- 22:43 NowMercury
- 23:42 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:39 NowMars
- 03:38 NowSun
- 04:38 NowVenus
- 05:38 NowMars
- 06:38 NowSun
- 07:38 NowVenus
- 08:38 NowMercury
- 09:38 NowMoon
- 10:38 NowSaturn
- 11:38 NowJupiter
- 12:38 NowMars
- 13:38 NowSun
- 14:38 NowVenus
- 15:38 NowMercury
- 16:38 NowMoon
- 17:38 NowSaturn
- 18:38 NowJupiter
- 19:38 NowMars
- 20:38 NowSun
- 21:38 NowVenus
- 22:38 NowMercury
- 23:38 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSaturn
- 01:38 NowJupiter
- 02:38 NowMars
- 03:38 NowSun
- 04:38 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 05:13 Aquarius
- 05:13 – 06:44 Pisces
- 06:44 – 08:24 Aries
- 08:24 – 10:23 Taurus
- 10:23 – 12:36 Gemini
- 12:36 – 14:52 Cancer
- 14:52 – 17:03 Leo
- 17:03 – 19:13 Virgo
- 19:13 – 21:27 Libra
- 21:27 – 23:43 Scorpio
- 23:43 – 01:49 next day Sagittarius
- 01:49 – 03:35 next day Capricorn
- 03:35 – 05:09 next day Aquarius
- 05:09 – 05:37 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