Kolkata panchang, 8 March 2028
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 14:55 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:52 to 17:42- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:21 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam 10:18 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta 11:23 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:11 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:47 – 13:16
- 07:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:48 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 15:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:42 to 05:51 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:47 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:56 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 17:27
- Nakshatra Pushya until 15:00 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shobhana until 08:48
- Karana Bava until 07:02, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:48 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 15:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:47 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:56 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:49
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:48 – 11:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:23 – 12:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:47 – 13:16
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. 04:15 – 05:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:42 – 20:08
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:52 – 17:27
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:52 – 07:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:21 – 08:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:49 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:18 – 11:47 | Good |
| Rog | 11:47 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:16 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Char | 14:44 – 16:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:13 – 17:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:42 – 19:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:13 – 20:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:44 – 22:15 | Good |
| Char | 22:15 – 23:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:46 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:49 – 04:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:20 – 05:51 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
- 05:52 NowMercury
- 06:51 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:47 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:46 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
- 05:52 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:40 Capricorn
- 04:40 – 06:14 Aquarius
- 06:14 – 07:45 Pisces
- 07:45 – 09:25 Aries
- 09:25 – 11:24 Taurus
- 11:24 – 13:37 Gemini
- 13:37 – 15:53 Cancer
- 15:53 – 18:04 Leo
- 18:04 – 20:14 Virgo
- 20:14 – 22:28 Libra
- 22:28 – 00:44 next day Scorpio
- 00:44 – 02:49 next day Sagittarius
- 02:49 – 04:36 next day Capricorn
- 04:36 – 05:51 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