Kolkata panchang, 18 March 2027
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 13:40 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:44 – 07:14
- Gulika Kalam 08:44 – 10:14
- Durmuhurta 09:44 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam 13:15 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:21
- 05:47 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 15:07 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:45 to 05:43 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:51 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 01:51 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:34 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 03:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 01:51 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 03:21 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shobhana until 05:47
- Karana Vanija until 15:07, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 05:47 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 15:07 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:51 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 01:51 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:34 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 03:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:44 – 07:14
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:47 – 08:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:44 – 10:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:44 – 10:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:21
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:07 – 01:51 next day
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:09
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:44 – 03:21 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:44 – 03:21 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:20 – 03:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:44 – 07:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:14 – 08:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:44 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Char | 10:14 – 11:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:44 – 13:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:15 – 14:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:45 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:15 – 17:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:45 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:15 – 20:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:45 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:14 – 23:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:44 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:14 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:43 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:13 – 05:43 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
- 05:44 NowJupiter
- 06:44 NowMars
- 07:44 NowSun
- 08:44 NowVenus
- 09:44 NowMercury
- 10:44 NowMoon
- 11:44 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:45 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:45 NowVenus
- 16:45 NowMercury
- 17:45 NowMoon
- 18:45 NowSaturn
- 19:45 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:44 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMoon
- 01:43 NowSaturn
- 02:43 NowJupiter
- 03:43 NowMars
- 04:43 NowSun
- 05:44 NowJupiter
- 06:44 NowMars
- 07:44 NowSun
- 08:44 NowVenus
- 09:44 NowMercury
- 10:44 NowMoon
- 11:44 NowSaturn
- 12:44 NowJupiter
- 13:44 NowMars
- 14:44 NowSun
- 15:44 NowVenus
- 16:44 NowMercury
- 17:44 NowMoon
- 18:44 NowSaturn
- 19:44 NowJupiter
- 20:44 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:44 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMoon
- 01:44 NowSaturn
- 02:44 NowJupiter
- 03:44 NowMars
- 04:44 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 05:37 Aquarius
- 05:37 – 07:08 Pisces
- 07:08 – 08:49 Aries
- 08:49 – 10:47 Taurus
- 10:47 – 13:01 Gemini
- 13:01 – 15:17 Cancer
- 15:17 – 17:28 Leo
- 17:28 – 19:38 Virgo
- 19:38 – 21:52 Libra
- 21:52 – 00:08 next day Scorpio
- 00:08 – 02:13 next day Sagittarius
- 02:13 – 04:00 next day Capricorn
- 04:00 – 05:33 next day Aquarius
- 05:33 – 05:43 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