Kolkata panchang, 29 March 2026
Sunrise 05:33 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 14:33 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:33 to 17:49- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 11:41 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 14:45 – 16:17
- Durmuhurta 16:11 – 17:00
- Rahu Kalam 16:17 – 17:49
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 07:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:38 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 14:38 Moon enters Leo
Night
17:49 to 05:32 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:19 Yoga becomes Shula
- 19:25 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 07:46
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 14:38 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 18:19
- Karana Vishti until 07:46, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 07:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:38 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 14:38 Moon enters Leo
- 18:19 Yoga becomes Shula
- 19:25 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:13 – 07:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:11 – 17:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:17 – 17:49
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:19 – 20:19
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. 03:59 – 04:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:16 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:49 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:33 – 07:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:05 – 08:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:37 – 10:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:09 – 11:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:41 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:13 – 14:45 | Good |
| Rog | 14:45 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:17 – 17:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:49 – 19:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:17 – 20:45 | Good |
| Char | 20:45 – 22:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:13 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:41 – 01:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:08 – 02:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:36 – 04:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:04 – 05:32 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
- 05:33 NowSun
- 06:34 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:37 NowMoon
- 09:38 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:41 NowMars
- 12:42 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:47 NowMoon
- 16:48 NowSaturn
- 17:49 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:42 NowMoon
- 23:41 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:39 NowJupiter
- 01:38 NowMars
- 02:36 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
- 05:33 NowSun
- 06:33 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:33 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:33 NowSun
- 13:33 NowVenus
- 14:33 NowMercury
- 15:33 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:33 NowMoon
- 23:33 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:33 NowJupiter
- 01:33 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:33 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:59 – 04:53 Aquarius
- 04:53 – 06:24 Pisces
- 06:24 – 08:05 Aries
- 08:05 – 10:03 Taurus
- 10:03 – 12:17 Gemini
- 12:17 – 14:32 Cancer
- 14:32 – 16:44 Leo
- 16:44 – 18:54 Virgo
- 18:54 – 21:08 Libra
- 21:08 – 23:24 Scorpio
- 23:24 – 01:29 next day Sagittarius
- 01:29 – 03:16 next day Capricorn
- 03:16 – 04:49 next day Aquarius
- 04:49 – 05:32 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