Kolkata panchang, 4 March 2028
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 10:41 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 17:40- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:56 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta 05:56 – 06:43
- Durmuhurta 06:43 – 07:30
- Rahu Kalam 08:52 – 10:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:11
- Yamaganda 13:16 – 14:44
- 14:32 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:40 to 05:55 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:54 Yoga becomes Priti
- 20:25 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 02:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 02:10 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 02:10 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 20:25 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vishkambha until 19:54
- Karana Vishti until 14:32, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:54 Yoga becomes Priti
- 20:25 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 02:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 02:10 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:56 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:56 – 06:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:43 – 07:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:44
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. 04:17 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:07
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:56 – 20:25
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:56 – 20:25
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:10 – 05:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:56 – 07:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:24 – 08:52 | Good |
| Rog | 08:52 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:20 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Char | 11:48 – 13:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:16 – 14:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:44 – 16:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:12 – 17:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:40 – 19:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:12 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:44 – 22:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:16 – 23:47 | Good |
| Char | 23:47 – 01:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:19 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:51 – 04:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:23 – 05:55 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
- 05:56 NowSaturn
- 06:54 NowJupiter
- 07:53 NowMars
- 08:52 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:49 NowMercury
- 11:48 NowMoon
- 12:47 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:44 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:41 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:41 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:44 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:47 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMercury
- 01:50 NowMoon
- 02:51 NowSaturn
- 03:52 NowJupiter
- 04:54 NowMars
- 05:56 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowJupiter
- 07:56 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 12:56 NowSaturn
- 13:56 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 15:56 NowSun
- 16:56 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 19:56 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 22:56 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 03:56 NowJupiter
- 04:56 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:56 Capricorn
- 04:56 – 06:29 Aquarius
- 06:29 – 08:01 Pisces
- 08:01 – 09:41 Aries
- 09:41 – 11:40 Taurus
- 11:40 – 13:53 Gemini
- 13:53 – 16:09 Cancer
- 16:09 – 18:20 Leo
- 18:20 – 20:30 Virgo
- 20:30 – 22:44 Libra
- 22:44 – 01:00 next day Scorpio
- 01:00 – 03:05 next day Sagittarius
- 03:05 – 04:52 next day Capricorn
- 04:52 – 05:55 next day Aquarius
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