Kolkata panchang, 28 March 2029
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 16:05 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
05:34 to 17:49- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:05 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam 10:09 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:17 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:13
- 10:21 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 15:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 15:35 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:49 to 05:33 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 15:35
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 02:33 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 10:21
- Karana Taitila until 15:35, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:21 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 15:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 15:35 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:05 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:09 – 11:41
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:21 – 12:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:17 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:13
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 11:44 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:48 – 12:40
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. 04:00 – 04:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:17 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:49 – 20:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:34 – 02:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:34 – 07:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:05 – 08:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:37 – 10:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:09 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:13 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:17 – 17:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:49 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:17 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:13 | Good |
| Char | 22:13 – 23:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:41 – 01:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:09 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:37 – 04:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:05 – 05:33 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
- 05:34 NowMercury
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:39 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:34 NowSaturn
- 05:34 NowMercury
- 06:34 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:34 NowJupiter
- 09:34 NowMars
- 10:34 NowSun
- 11:34 NowVenus
- 12:34 NowMercury
- 13:34 NowMoon
- 14:34 NowSaturn
- 15:34 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:34 NowSaturn
- 22:34 NowJupiter
- 23:34 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSun
- 01:34 NowVenus
- 02:34 NowMercury
- 03:34 NowMoon
- 04:34 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 04:56 Aquarius
- 04:56 – 06:27 Pisces
- 06:27 – 08:08 Aries
- 08:08 – 10:06 Taurus
- 10:06 – 12:20 Gemini
- 12:20 – 14:35 Cancer
- 14:35 – 16:47 Leo
- 16:47 – 18:57 Virgo
- 18:57 – 21:11 Libra
- 21:11 – 23:27 Scorpio
- 23:27 – 01:32 next day Sagittarius
- 01:32 – 03:19 next day Capricorn
- 03:19 – 04:52 next day Aquarius
- 04:52 – 05:33 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