Kolkata panchang, 12 March 2029
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 03:50 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:49 to 17:43- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:18 – 08:47
- Yamaganda 10:17 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 12:10 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam 13:15 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:20
- 07:36 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 16:34 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:43 to 05:48 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:11 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 20:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 05:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 05:30 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 05:30 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 07:36 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shiva until 18:11
- Karana Gara until 16:34, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:36 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 16:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:11 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 20:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 05:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 05:30 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:10 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:20
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:30 – 18:30 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. 04:12 – 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:49 – 07:36
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:49 – 07:36
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:49 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:18 – 08:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:47 – 10:17 | Good |
| Rog | 10:17 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:46 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Char | 13:15 – 14:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:45 – 16:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:14 – 17:43 | Good |
| Char | 17:43 – 19:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:14 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:44 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:15 – 23:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:45 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:16 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:47 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:17 – 05:48 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
- 05:49 NowMoon
- 06:48 NowSaturn
- 07:48 NowJupiter
- 08:47 NowMars
- 09:47 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:46 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:44 NowMars
- 16:44 NowSun
- 17:43 NowVenus
- 18:44 NowMercury
- 19:44 NowMoon
- 20:44 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:46 NowVenus
- 01:46 NowMercury
- 02:47 NowMoon
- 03:47 NowSaturn
- 04:47 NowJupiter
- 05:49 NowMoon
- 06:49 NowSaturn
- 07:49 NowJupiter
- 08:49 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:49 NowVenus
- 11:49 NowMercury
- 12:49 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:49 NowMars
- 16:49 NowSun
- 17:49 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:49 NowMars
- 23:49 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:49 NowVenus
- 01:49 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:49 NowSaturn
- 04:49 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 04:26 Capricorn
- 04:26 – 05:59 Aquarius
- 05:59 – 07:30 Pisces
- 07:30 – 09:11 Aries
- 09:11 – 11:09 Taurus
- 11:09 – 13:23 Gemini
- 13:23 – 15:38 Cancer
- 15:38 – 17:49 Leo
- 17:49 – 20:00 Virgo
- 20:00 – 22:14 Libra
- 22:14 – 00:30 next day Scorpio
- 00:30 – 02:35 next day Sagittarius
- 02:35 – 04:22 next day Capricorn
- 04:22 – 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