Kolkata panchang, 18 March 2028
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 00:22 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:43 to 17:46- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:43 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta 05:43 – 06:31
- Durmuhurta 06:31 – 07:19
- Rahu Kalam 08:43 – 10:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:08
- Yamaganda 13:15 – 14:45
- 17:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 17:30 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:46 to 05:42 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:45 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 23:43 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 17:30
- Nakshatra Mula until 23:43 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 21:45
- Karana Kaulava until 17:30, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 17:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 17:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:45 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 23:43 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:53 – 21:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:43 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:43 – 06:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:31 – 07:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:43 – 10:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:45
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. 04:07 – 04:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:09
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:30 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:43 – 07:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:13 – 08:43 | Good |
| Rog | 08:43 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:14 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Char | 11:44 – 13:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:15 – 14:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:45 – 16:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:15 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:46 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:15 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:45 – 22:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:14 – 23:44 | Good |
| Char | 23:44 – 01:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:13 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:43 – 04:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:12 – 05:42 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
- 05:43 NowSaturn
- 06:43 NowJupiter
- 07:43 NowMars
- 08:43 NowSun
- 09:44 NowVenus
- 10:44 NowMercury
- 11:44 NowMoon
- 12:44 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:45 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:45 NowMoon
- 19:45 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:44 NowMars
- 22:44 NowSun
- 23:44 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMercury
- 01:43 NowMoon
- 02:43 NowSaturn
- 03:42 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
- 05:43 NowSaturn
- 06:43 NowJupiter
- 07:43 NowMars
- 08:43 NowSun
- 09:43 NowVenus
- 10:43 NowMercury
- 11:43 NowMoon
- 12:43 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:43 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:43 NowVenus
- 17:43 NowMercury
- 18:43 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:43 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:43 NowSun
- 23:43 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMercury
- 01:43 NowMoon
- 02:43 NowSaturn
- 03:43 NowJupiter
- 04:43 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 05:34 Aquarius
- 05:34 – 07:06 Pisces
- 07:06 – 08:46 Aries
- 08:46 – 10:45 Taurus
- 10:45 – 12:58 Gemini
- 12:58 – 15:14 Cancer
- 15:14 – 17:25 Leo
- 17:25 – 19:35 Virgo
- 19:35 – 21:49 Libra
- 21:49 – 00:05 next day Scorpio
- 00:05 – 02:10 next day Sagittarius
- 02:10 – 03:57 next day Capricorn
- 03:57 – 05:30 next day Aquarius
- 05:30 – 05:42 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