Kolkata panchang, 31 March 2027
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 01:11 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:31 to 17:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:03 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam 10:08 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:16 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:05 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:13
- 06:21 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 07:53 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 08:58 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:07 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:50 to 05:30 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 22:16 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 22:16
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 06:21 · lord Venus
- Yoga Parigha until 07:53
- Karana Taitila until 08:58, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:21 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 07:53 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 08:58 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:07 Moon enters Capricorn
- 22:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 22:16 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:03 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:08 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:16 – 12:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:13
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. 03:58 – 04:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:16 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:50 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:31 – 07:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:03 – 08:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:36 – 10:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:08 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:13 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:18 – 17:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:50 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:17 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:13 | Good |
| Char | 22:13 – 23:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:40 – 01:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:08 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:35 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:03 – 05:30 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
- 05:31 NowMercury
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:37 NowMars
- 10:39 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:37 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:33 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowMercury
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 04:46 Aquarius
- 04:46 – 06:17 Pisces
- 06:17 – 07:58 Aries
- 07:58 – 09:56 Taurus
- 09:56 – 12:10 Gemini
- 12:10 – 14:25 Cancer
- 14:25 – 16:37 Leo
- 16:37 – 18:47 Virgo
- 18:47 – 21:01 Libra
- 21:01 – 23:17 Scorpio
- 23:17 – 01:22 next day Sagittarius
- 01:22 – 03:09 next day Capricorn
- 03:09 – 04:42 next day Aquarius
- 04:42 – 05:30 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