Kolkata panchang, 24 March 2027
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 19:47 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 17:47- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:09 – 08:40
- Gulika Kalam 10:11 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta 11:18 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:07 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:43 – 13:14
- 07:33 Moon enters Libra
- 09:15 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 13:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 13:14 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:47 to 05:37 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:25 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:51 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 13:14
- Nakshatra Chitra until 19:25 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 09:15
- Karana Gara until 13:14, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:33 Moon enters Libra
- 09:15 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 13:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 13:14 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:25 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:51 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:09 – 08:40
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 09:15 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:11 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:18 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:14
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. 04:03 – 04:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:18 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:09
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:38 – 13:14
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:38 – 07:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:09 – 08:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:40 – 10:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:11 – 11:43 | Good |
| Rog | 11:43 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:14 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:16 – 17:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:47 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:16 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:13 | Good |
| Char | 22:13 – 23:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:42 – 01:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:11 – 02:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:40 – 04:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:08 – 05:37 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
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:39 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:41 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:47 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:38 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 05:14 Aquarius
- 05:14 – 06:45 Pisces
- 06:45 – 08:25 Aries
- 08:25 – 10:24 Taurus
- 10:24 – 12:37 Gemini
- 12:37 – 14:53 Cancer
- 14:53 – 17:04 Leo
- 17:04 – 19:14 Virgo
- 19:14 – 21:29 Libra
- 21:29 – 23:44 Scorpio
- 23:44 – 01:50 next day Sagittarius
- 01:50 – 03:36 next day Capricorn
- 03:36 – 05:10 next day Aquarius
- 05:10 – 05:37 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