Kolkata panchang, 12 March 2028
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 19:16 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:48 to 17:43- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:10
- Yamaganda 11:46 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 14:45 – 16:14
- Durmuhurta 16:08 – 16:56
- Rahu Kalam 16:14 – 17:43
- 12:11 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 13:12 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:43 to 05:48 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 23:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 23:34
- Nakshatra Hasta until 01:01 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 12:11
- Karana Taitila until 13:12, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:11 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 13:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 23:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:08 – 16:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:14 – 17:43
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. 04:12 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:43 – 20:08
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:48 – 01:01 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:48 – 01:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:48 – 07:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:18 – 08:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:47 – 10:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:17 – 11:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:46 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:15 – 14:45 | Good |
| Rog | 14:45 – 16:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:14 – 17:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:43 – 19:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:14 – 20:44 | Good |
| Char | 20:44 – 22:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:15 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:45 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:16 – 02:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:46 – 04:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:17 – 05:48 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
- 05:48 NowSun
- 06:48 NowVenus
- 07:48 NowMercury
- 08:47 NowMoon
- 09:47 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:46 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:44 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:44 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:46 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:47 NowVenus
- 04:47 NowMercury
- 05:48 NowSun
- 06:48 NowVenus
- 07:48 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:48 NowMars
- 12:48 NowSun
- 13:48 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:48 NowSaturn
- 17:48 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:48 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:48 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
- 04:48 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 04:25 Capricorn
- 04:25 – 05:58 Aquarius
- 05:58 – 07:29 Pisces
- 07:29 – 09:10 Aries
- 09:10 – 11:08 Taurus
- 11:08 – 13:21 Gemini
- 13:21 – 15:37 Cancer
- 15:37 – 17:48 Leo
- 17:48 – 19:59 Virgo
- 19:59 – 22:13 Libra
- 22:13 – 00:28 next day Scorpio
- 00:28 – 02:34 next day Sagittarius
- 02:34 – 04:21 next day Capricorn
- 04:21 – 05:48 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