Kolkata panchang, 24 March 2028
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 04:17 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:37 to 17:48- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:08 – 08:40
- Durmuhurta 08:03 – 08:52
- Rahu Kalam 10:11 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 12:55
- Yamaganda 14:45 – 16:16
- 14:24 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:48 to 05:36 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:47 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 02:50 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 07:57 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:24 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shubha until 02:50 next day
- Karana Vishti until 18:47, then Shakuni
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:24 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 18:47 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 02:50 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:34 – 18:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:08 – 08:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:03 – 08:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:11 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 12:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:16
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 19:48 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 18:40 – 20:55
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. 04:02 – 04:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:18 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:48 – 20:09
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:37 – 07:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:08 – 08:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:40 – 10:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:11 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:42 – 13:14 | Good |
| Rog | 13:14 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:45 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Char | 16:16 – 17:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:48 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:16 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:45 – 22:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:13 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:42 – 01:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:10 – 02:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:39 – 04:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:08 – 05:36 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
- 05:37 NowVenus
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:47 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:47 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowVenus
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:37 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:37 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:02 – 05:11 Aquarius
- 05:11 – 06:42 Pisces
- 06:42 – 08:23 Aries
- 08:23 – 10:21 Taurus
- 10:21 – 12:34 Gemini
- 12:34 – 14:50 Cancer
- 14:50 – 17:01 Leo
- 17:01 – 19:11 Virgo
- 19:11 – 21:26 Libra
- 21:26 – 23:41 Scorpio
- 23:41 – 01:47 next day Sagittarius
- 01:47 – 03:33 next day Capricorn
- 03:33 – 05:07 next day Aquarius
- 05:07 – 05:36 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