Kolkata panchang, 31 March 2026
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 16:25 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:31 to 17:50- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:59 – 08:48
- Yamaganda 08:36 – 10:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:05
- Gulika Kalam 11:40 – 13:13
- Rahu Kalam 14:45 – 16:18
- 06:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 06:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:21 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 15:41 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
17:50 to 05:30 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:32 Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 06:56
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 15:21 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 15:41
- Karana Taitila until 06:56, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 06:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:21 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 15:41 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 18:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:32 Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:59 – 08:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 10:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:18
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 09:21 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 08:18 – 10:24
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. 03:57 – 04:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:16 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:50 – 20:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:31 – 15:21
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:31 – 06:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:10 – 05:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:31 – 07:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:03 – 08:36 | Bad |
| Char | 08:36 – 10:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:08 – 11:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:40 – 13:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:13 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:45 – 16:18 | Good |
| Rog | 16:18 – 17:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:50 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:17 – 20:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:45 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:12 – 23:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:40 – 01:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:07 – 02:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:35 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:02 – 05:30 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
- 05:31 NowMars
- 06:32 NowSun
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:36 NowMercury
- 09:37 NowMoon
- 10:39 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:42 NowMars
- 13:44 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:47 NowMercury
- 16:48 NowMoon
- 17:50 NowSaturn
- 18:48 NowJupiter
- 19:47 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:43 NowVenus
- 22:42 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSaturn
- 01:37 NowJupiter
- 02:35 NowMars
- 03:33 NowSun
- 04:32 NowVenus
- 05:31 NowMars
- 06:31 NowSun
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:31 NowSaturn
- 11:31 NowJupiter
- 12:31 NowMars
- 13:31 NowSun
- 14:31 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:31 NowMercury
- 23:31 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSaturn
- 01:31 NowJupiter
- 02:31 NowMars
- 03:31 NowSun
- 04:31 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:45 Aquarius
- 04:45 – 06:16 Pisces
- 06:16 – 07:57 Aries
- 07:57 – 09:55 Taurus
- 09:55 – 12:09 Gemini
- 12:09 – 14:24 Cancer
- 14:24 – 16:36 Leo
- 16:36 – 18:46 Virgo
- 18:46 – 21:00 Libra
- 21:00 – 23:16 Scorpio
- 23:16 – 01:21 next day Sagittarius
- 01:21 – 03:08 next day Capricorn
- 03:08 – 04:41 next day Aquarius
- 04:41 – 05:30 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