Kolkata panchang, 21 March 2029
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 09:14 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
05:40 to 17:47- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:11 – 08:42
- Gulika Kalam 10:13 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta 11:19 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:08 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:43 – 13:14
- 10:44 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:47 to 05:39 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 23:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:15 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 23:33
- Nakshatra Rohini until 07:43 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Priti until 00:15 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 10:44, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:44 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 23:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:15 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:11 – 08:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:19 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:14
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. 04:05 – 04:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:47 – 20:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:40 – 05:39 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:40 – 05:39 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:33 – 05:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:40 – 07:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:11 – 08:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:42 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:13 – 11:43 | Good |
| Rog | 11:43 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:14 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:16 – 17:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:47 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:16 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:14 | Good |
| Char | 22:14 – 23:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:43 – 01:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:12 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:41 – 04:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:10 – 05:39 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
- 05:40 NowMercury
- 06:41 NowMoon
- 07:41 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:41 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:24 Aquarius
- 05:24 – 06:55 Pisces
- 06:55 – 08:35 Aries
- 08:35 – 10:34 Taurus
- 10:34 – 12:47 Gemini
- 12:47 – 15:03 Cancer
- 15:03 – 17:14 Leo
- 17:14 – 19:24 Virgo
- 19:24 – 21:38 Libra
- 21:38 – 23:54 Scorpio
- 23:54 – 01:59 next day Sagittarius
- 01:59 – 03:46 next day Capricorn
- 03:46 – 05:20 next day Aquarius
- 05:20 – 05:39 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