Kolkata panchang, 21 March 2027
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 16:50 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:41 to 17:46- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:08
- Yamaganda 11:44 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 14:45 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta 16:10 – 16:58
- Rahu Kalam 16:16 – 17:46
- 07:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:58 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
17:46 to 05:40 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:22 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 03:44 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 05:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 18:22
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 22:07 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 16:58
- Karana Gara until 07:32, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:58 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 18:22 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 03:44 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 05:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:10 – 16:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:16 – 17:46
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:58 – 19:22
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:22 – 03:44 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 00:57 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 23:58 – 01:55 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. 04:05 – 04:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:41 – 22:07
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:07 – 05:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:41 – 07:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:11 – 08:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:42 – 10:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:13 – 11:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:44 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:14 – 14:45 | Good |
| Rog | 14:45 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:16 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:46 – 19:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:16 – 20:45 | Good |
| Char | 20:45 – 22:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:14 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:43 – 01:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:12 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:41 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:11 – 05:40 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
- 05:41 NowSun
- 06:41 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:43 NowJupiter
- 11:44 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:42 NowJupiter
- 01:42 NowMars
- 02:41 NowSun
- 03:41 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:41 NowSun
- 06:41 NowVenus
- 07:41 NowMercury
- 08:41 NowMoon
- 09:41 NowSaturn
- 10:41 NowJupiter
- 11:41 NowMars
- 12:41 NowSun
- 13:41 NowVenus
- 14:41 NowMercury
- 15:41 NowMoon
- 16:41 NowSaturn
- 17:41 NowJupiter
- 18:41 NowMars
- 19:41 NowSun
- 20:41 NowVenus
- 21:41 NowMercury
- 22:41 NowMoon
- 23:41 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:41 NowJupiter
- 01:41 NowMars
- 02:41 NowSun
- 03:41 NowVenus
- 04:41 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:26 Aquarius
- 05:26 – 06:57 Pisces
- 06:57 – 08:37 Aries
- 08:37 – 10:36 Taurus
- 10:36 – 12:49 Gemini
- 12:49 – 15:05 Cancer
- 15:05 – 17:16 Leo
- 17:16 – 19:26 Virgo
- 19:26 – 21:40 Libra
- 21:40 – 23:56 Scorpio
- 23:56 – 02:01 next day Sagittarius
- 02:01 – 03:48 next day Capricorn
- 03:48 – 05:22 next day Aquarius
- 05:22 – 05:40 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