Kolkata panchang, 17 March 2027
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 12:33 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:44 to 17:45- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:15 – 08:45
- Gulika Kalam 10:15 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta 11:21 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:09 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:45 – 13:15
- 06:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:44 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:45 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 08:53 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:34 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:45 to 05:44 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:33 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 04:21 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 06:44
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:45 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 08:53
- Karana Kaulava until 06:44, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:44 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:45 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 08:53 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:34 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:33 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 04:21 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:21 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:15
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. 04:08 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:44 – 05:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:44 – 07:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:15 – 08:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:45 – 10:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:15 – 11:45 | Good |
| Rog | 11:45 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:15 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:15 – 17:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:45 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:15 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:14 | Good |
| Char | 22:14 – 23:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:44 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:14 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:44 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:14 – 05:44 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
- 05:44 NowMercury
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowMercury
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 05:41 Aquarius
- 05:41 – 07:12 Pisces
- 07:12 – 08:53 Aries
- 08:53 – 10:51 Taurus
- 10:51 – 13:05 Gemini
- 13:05 – 15:20 Cancer
- 15:20 – 17:32 Leo
- 17:32 – 19:42 Virgo
- 19:42 – 21:56 Libra
- 21:56 – 00:12 next day Scorpio
- 00:12 – 02:17 next day Sagittarius
- 02:17 – 04:04 next day Capricorn
- 04:04 – 05:37 next day Aquarius
- 05:37 – 05:44 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