Kolkata panchang, 20 March 2028
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 01:56 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:41 to 17:46- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:12 – 08:42
- Yamaganda 10:13 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam 13:14 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:21
- 08:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:51 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:46 to 05:40 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 21:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:55 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 21:36
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 05:04 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Parigha until 22:55
- Karana Vanija until 08:24, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:51 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 21:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:55 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:08 – 10:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:12 – 08:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:21
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:41 – 22:19
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:19 – 05:40 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. 04:06 – 04:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:04 – 05:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:41 – 07:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:12 – 08:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:42 – 10:13 | Good |
| Rog | 10:13 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:44 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Char | 13:14 – 14:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:45 – 16:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:16 – 17:46 | Good |
| Char | 17:46 – 19:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:15 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:45 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:14 – 23:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:43 – 01:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:12 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:42 – 04:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:11 – 05:40 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:41 NowMoon
- 06:41 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:43 NowSun
- 10:43 NowVenus
- 11:44 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:44 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:46 NowSun
- 17:46 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:43 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:43 NowVenus
- 01:42 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:41 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
- 05:41 NowMoon
- 06:41 NowSaturn
- 07:41 NowJupiter
- 08:41 NowMars
- 09:41 NowSun
- 10:41 NowVenus
- 11:41 NowMercury
- 12:41 NowMoon
- 13:41 NowSaturn
- 14:41 NowJupiter
- 15:41 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:41 NowVenus
- 18:41 NowMercury
- 19:41 NowMoon
- 20:41 NowSaturn
- 21:41 NowJupiter
- 22:41 NowMars
- 23:41 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:41 NowVenus
- 01:41 NowMercury
- 02:41 NowMoon
- 03:41 NowSaturn
- 04:41 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:27 Aquarius
- 05:27 – 06:58 Pisces
- 06:58 – 08:38 Aries
- 08:38 – 10:37 Taurus
- 10:37 – 12:50 Gemini
- 12:50 – 15:06 Cancer
- 15:06 – 17:17 Leo
- 17:17 – 19:27 Virgo
- 19:27 – 21:41 Libra
- 21:41 – 23:57 Scorpio
- 23:57 – 02:02 next day Sagittarius
- 02:02 – 03:49 next day Capricorn
- 03:49 – 05:23 next day Aquarius
- 05:23 – 05:40 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