Kolkata panchang, 20 March 2027
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 15:48 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 17:46- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:42 – 07:12
- Durmuhurta 05:42 – 06:30
- Durmuhurta 06:30 – 07:18
- Rahu Kalam 08:43 – 10:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:08
- Yamaganda 13:14 – 14:45
- 10:01 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:46 to 05:41 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 20:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 20:45 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:44 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 20:45
- Nakshatra Magha until 23:44 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhriti until 20:05
- Karana Kaulava until 10:01, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 20:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 20:45 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:44 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:42 – 07:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:42 – 06:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:30 – 07:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:43 – 10:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:45
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:05 – 22:05
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. 04:06 – 04:54
- 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 17:46 – 20:09
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:45 – 05:41 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:44 – 05:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:42 – 07:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:12 – 08:43 | Good |
| Rog | 08:43 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:13 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Char | 11:44 – 13:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:14 – 14:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:45 – 16:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:15 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:46 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:15 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:45 – 22:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:14 – 23:43 | Good |
| Char | 23:43 – 01:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:13 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:42 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:11 – 05:41 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
- 05:42 NowSaturn
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:42 NowMars
- 08:43 NowSun
- 09:43 NowVenus
- 10:43 NowMercury
- 11:44 NowMoon
- 12:44 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:46 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:45 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:44 NowMars
- 22:44 NowSun
- 23:43 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMercury
- 01:42 NowMoon
- 02:42 NowSaturn
- 03:42 NowJupiter
- 04:41 NowMars
- 05:42 NowSaturn
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:42 NowMars
- 08:42 NowSun
- 09:42 NowVenus
- 10:42 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:42 NowSaturn
- 13:42 NowJupiter
- 14:42 NowMars
- 15:42 NowSun
- 16:42 NowVenus
- 17:42 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:42 NowJupiter
- 21:42 NowMars
- 22:42 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMercury
- 01:42 NowMoon
- 02:42 NowSaturn
- 03:42 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:29 Aquarius
- 05:29 – 07:01 Pisces
- 07:01 – 08:41 Aries
- 08:41 – 10:40 Taurus
- 10:40 – 12:53 Gemini
- 12:53 – 15:09 Cancer
- 15:09 – 17:20 Leo
- 17:20 – 19:30 Virgo
- 19:30 – 21:44 Libra
- 21:44 – 00:00 next day Scorpio
- 00:00 – 02:05 next day Sagittarius
- 02:05 – 03:52 next day Capricorn
- 03:52 – 05:26 next day Aquarius
- 05:26 – 05:41 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