Kolkata panchang, 15 March 2028
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 22:26 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:46 to 17:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:15 – 08:45
- Gulika Kalam 10:15 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta 11:21 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:09 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:45 – 13:15
- 14:50 Moon enters Scorpio
- 16:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 16:52 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:44 to 05:45 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:45 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:06 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 04:25 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 16:52
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 20:45 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Harshana until 00:06 next day
- Karana Taitila until 16:52, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:50 Moon enters Scorpio
- 16:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 16:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:45 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:06 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 04:25 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:21 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:15
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:06 – 01:18 next day
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. 04:09 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:08
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 20:45 – 05:45 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:45 – 05:45 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:45 – 05:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:46 – 07:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:15 – 08:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:45 – 10:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:15 – 11:45 | Good |
| Rog | 11:45 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:15 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:15 – 17:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:44 – 19:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:14 – 20:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:44 – 22:15 | Good |
| Char | 22:15 – 23:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:45 – 01:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:15 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:45 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:15 – 05:45 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
- 05:46 NowMercury
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:46 NowMercury
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:46 NowSaturn
- 08:46 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:46 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:46 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:46 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:46 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 04:13 Capricorn
- 04:13 – 05:46 Aquarius
- 05:46 – 07:17 Pisces
- 07:17 – 08:58 Aries
- 08:58 – 10:56 Taurus
- 10:56 – 13:10 Gemini
- 13:10 – 15:25 Cancer
- 15:25 – 17:37 Leo
- 17:37 – 19:47 Virgo
- 19:47 – 22:01 Libra
- 22:01 – 00:17 next day Scorpio
- 00:17 – 02:22 next day Sagittarius
- 02:22 – 04:09 next day Capricorn
- 04:09 – 05:42 next day Aquarius
- 05:42 – 05:45 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