Kolkata panchang, 20 March 2029
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 08:28 Chaitra (adhika) 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:06 – 08:54
- Yamaganda 08:42 – 10:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:08
- Gulika Kalam 11:44 – 13:14
- Rahu Kalam 14:45 – 16:16
- 08:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:41 Moon enters Taurus
Night
17:46 to 05:40 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 21:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:59 Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 21:48
- Nakshatra Krittika until 05:35 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vishkambha until 23:59
- Karana Bava until 08:45, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:41 Moon enters Taurus
- 21:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 21:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:59 Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:06 – 08:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:16
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 05:41 – 05:35 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:35 – 05:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:41 – 07:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:12 – 08:42 | Bad |
| Char | 08:42 – 10:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:13 – 11:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:44 – 13:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:14 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:45 – 16:16 | Good |
| Rog | 16:16 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:46 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:15 – 20:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:45 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:14 – 23:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:43 – 01:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:12 – 02:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:42 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:11 – 05:40 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
- 05:41 NowMars
- 06:42 NowSun
- 07:42 NowVenus
- 08:42 NowMercury
- 09:43 NowMoon
- 10:43 NowSaturn
- 11:44 NowJupiter
- 12:44 NowMars
- 13:45 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:45 NowMercury
- 16:46 NowMoon
- 17:46 NowSaturn
- 18:46 NowJupiter
- 19:45 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:44 NowVenus
- 22:44 NowMercury
- 23:43 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:42 NowMars
- 03:41 NowSun
- 04:41 NowVenus
- 05:41 NowMars
- 06:41 NowSun
- 07:41 NowVenus
- 08:41 NowMercury
- 09:41 NowMoon
- 10:41 NowSaturn
- 11:41 NowJupiter
- 12:41 NowMars
- 13:41 NowSun
- 14:41 NowVenus
- 15:41 NowMercury
- 16:41 NowMoon
- 17:41 NowSaturn
- 18:41 NowJupiter
- 19:41 NowMars
- 20:41 NowSun
- 21:41 NowVenus
- 22:41 NowMercury
- 23:41 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSaturn
- 01:41 NowJupiter
- 02:41 NowMars
- 03:41 NowSun
- 04:41 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:28 Aquarius
- 05:28 – 06:59 Pisces
- 06:59 – 08:39 Aries
- 08:39 – 10:38 Taurus
- 10:38 – 12:51 Gemini
- 12:51 – 15:07 Cancer
- 15:07 – 17:18 Leo
- 17:18 – 19:28 Virgo
- 19:28 – 21:42 Libra
- 21:42 – 23:58 Scorpio
- 23:58 – 02:03 next day Sagittarius
- 02:03 – 03:50 next day Capricorn
- 03:50 – 05:24 next day Aquarius
- 05:24 – 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