Panchang / Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Daily panchang

Kolkata, West Bengal, India · Wednesday, 15 Mar 2028

Asia/Kolkata (+5.50h)

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The day in simple words

Tithi: Panchami · until 16:52
Nakshatra: Vishakha · until 20:44
Avoid starting new work: 11:45–13:15 · Rahu kaal

On Wednesdays the tradition does not use the Abhijit time, so no good midday time is listed for today.

All times are for Kolkata, West Bengal, India. They change from place to place.

About this page

What this page tells you. The panchang is the Hindu calendar for one day and one place. It gives the tithi (lunar date), the nakshatra (the Moon's star), the yoga, the karana and the weekday, with sunrise and sunset.

How to read it. Look at the five parts at the top first, then the timings. Rahu kaal and Yamaganda are times the tradition avoids for starting something new. Abhijit is usually taken as the good time around midday. Choghadiya splits the day into eight parts, each marked good, neutral or poor.

Good to know: Times are worked out for the place you choose and change with it. Customs differ by region and family. If a ritual matters to you, confirm the timing with your priest or family tradition.

New to these words? See the astrology words explained simply.

Sunrise

05:45

Sunset

17:45

Moonrise

22:25

Moonset

08:30

Moonrise and moonset are for this calendar day, midnight to midnight, at this place. The Moon rises about 50 minutes later each day, so on some days it does not rise or set at all. A dash means it happens on the day before or after.

The five parts of the day (panchang)

Each part lasts until the time shown.
Part	Value	Ends	What the old texts say
Tithi	Panchami then Shashthi	16:52	Purna (full) Read as completion and fullness; favoured for marriage and travel.
Nakshatra	Vishakha then Anuradha	20:44	Read as determined pursuit of a goal - the texts describe a single-mindedness that reaches its object, and note the cost of that concentration.
Yoga	Harshana then Vajra	00:06 16 Mar 2028	auspicious Counted among the favourable yogas in the muhurta literature.
Karana	Taitila then Gara · until 04:25 (16 Mar 2028) then Vanija	16:52	One of the seven movable karanas, which repeat through the month.
Vara	Wednesday	—	Ruled by Mercury. Favoured for study, trade and communication.

These good and bad times come from the classical muhurat books, such as Muhurta Chintamani. They are traditional rules for choosing a time, not predictions.

Times to avoid, and the good midday time

Sunrise 05:45
Sunset 17:45

Traditionally avoided
Traditionally favoured

Sunrise, sunset and the good and bad times (muhurat)

Period	From	To	What the old texts say
Sunrise	05:45	—
Sunset	17:45	—
Rahu kaal	11:45	13:15	About an hour and a half that changes with the weekday. The tradition says not to start anything new in it.
Gulika	10:15	11:45	Saturn's part of the day. It is avoided for the same reasons as Rahu kaal.
Yamaganda	07:15	08:45	Another time to avoid, also set by the weekday.
Abhijit	11:21	12:09	The time around local midday. The tradition sees it as the best time of the day, and the one to use when no other good time is free. Not used on Wednesdays.
Brahma muhurta	04:09	04:57	Before dawn: traditionally the hour for waking, prayer, meditation and study.
Pratah sandhya	04:33	05:45	The dawn sandhya, ending at sunrise: the time for the morning prayers.
Vijaya muhurta	13:45	14:33	Favoured for setting out on journeys and for work where success is wanted.
Godhuli muhurta	17:45	18:09	Cow-dust hour at sunset: favoured for weddings in many regions.
Sayahna sandhya	17:45	18:57	The dusk sandhya, from sunset: the time for the evening prayers.
Nishita muhurta	23:21	00:08 16 Mar 2028	The midnight muhurta, counterpart of Abhijit: kept for Shiva and Kali worship, as on Shivaratri.
Dur muhurta	11:21	12:09	Avoided for auspicious beginnings.
Amrit kalam	12:12	13:45	About an hour and a half fixed by the Moon's nakshatra, not the Sun: favoured for starting good work, and in the south it outweighs a weak hour of the day.
Varjyam	00:46 16 Mar 2028	02:23 16 Mar 2028	About an hour and a half fixed by the Moon's nakshatra, also called tyajyam: new undertakings are avoided in it. Much observed in the south, alongside Rahu kalam.

Facts about the day

Day length (dinamana): 12 h 0 min
Night length (ratrimana): 11 h 58 min
Midday (madhyahna): 11:45
Direction to avoid for travel today (disha shool): North

Sunrise here is when the top edge of the Sun appears, as in the Drik panchang. Calendars that use the centre of the Sun can differ by two to four minutes.

Choghadiya

The night choghadiya starts at a different point from the day one, so the two are listed separately.

Day

Choghadiya	From	To	Quality
Labh	05:45	07:15	good trade, starting a business, gain
Amrit	07:15	08:45	best anything at all
Kaal	08:45	10:15	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Shubh	10:15	11:45	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Rog	11:45	13:15	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Udveg	13:15	14:45	avoid government work only
Chal	14:45	16:15	neutral travel and movement
Labh	16:15	17:45	good trade, starting a business, gain

Night

Choghadiya	From	To	Quality
Udveg	17:45	19:15	avoid government work only
Shubh	19:15	20:45	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Amrit	20:45	22:15	best anything at all
Chal	22:15	23:45	neutral travel and movement
Rog	23:45	01:14	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Kaal	01:14	02:44	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Labh	02:44	04:14	good trade, starting a business, gain
Udveg	04:14	05:44	avoid government work only

Gowri panchangam

The Tamil way of dividing the day into eight parts, with different names. It is its own table, not a translation: the two systems do not always agree on which part of the day is good.

Gowri	From	To	Quality
Rogam	05:45	07:15	avoid medicine only
Visham	07:15	08:45	avoid nothing new
Labham	08:45	10:15	good gain, new work
Dhanam	10:15	11:45	good money, purchase, trade
Sugam	11:45	13:15	good travel, ease, hospitality
Amirdham	13:15	14:45	best anything auspicious
Uthi	14:45	16:15	neutral ordinary work
Soram	16:15	17:45	avoid nothing new

More details for the dayMoon and Sun signs through the day, the years (samvat), seasons, special yogas and windows, Chandrabalam and Tarabalam, the rising sign through the day, and the hora table.

More of the day

Moon sign: Libra · until 14:50
then Scorpio
Sun sign: Pisces
Nakshatra pada: Vishakha pada 2 · until 08:59
Vishakha pada 3 · until 14:50
Vishakha pada 4 · until 20:44
Anuradha pada 1 · until 02:42 (16 Mar 2028)
Anuradha pada 2
Sun's nakshatra: Purva Bhadrapada pada 4
Anandadi yoga: Prajapati · until 20:44
then Saumya
Shaka samvat: 1949 Plavanga
Vikram samvat: 2084 Raudra
Gujarati samvat: 2084 Siddharthi
Ritu (by lunar month): Shishira
Ritu (by the Sun's season): Vasanta
Ayana (sidereal): Uttarayana
Ayana (by the solstices): Uttarayana
Chandra vasa (Moon's direction): West · until 14:50
then North
Rahu vasa (Rahu's direction): South-west
Jovian year (Brihaspati samvatsara): Durmati · until 17:02 (12 Apr 2028)

The Shaka year starts on Chaitra shukla pratipada, and the Gujarati year on Kartika shukla pratipada, the day after Diwali. There are two ritus (seasons) because one follows the lunar month and the other the Sun's real season.

Special yogas and times of the day
Period	From	To	What the old texts say
Ravi yoga	20:44	05:44 16 Mar 2028	When the Moon's nakshatra is the 4th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 13th or 20th from the Sun's: held to cancel many faults of the day, so it is sought for starting work.
Bhadra	Not today		The Vishti karana. Auspicious work is avoided in it, most of all while Bhadra is said to stay on earth; in the heavens or the underworld it is held harmless here.
Ganda moola	Not today		The Moon in Ashwini, Ashlesha, Magha, Jyeshtha, Mula or Revati, the nakshatras at the joins of water and fire signs. A birth in it is traditionally followed by a shanti.
Panchaka	Not today		The Moon in Kumbha or Meena, from the second half of Dhanishtha to the end of Revati. Southward travel, roofing and gathering firewood are traditionally put off.
Baana: Mrityu (danger)	13:20	05:44 16 Mar 2028	Set by the Sun's degree within its sign, so each lasts about a day. Muhurta texts avoid Roga for medicine, Agni for building, Raja for dealings with authority, Chora for travel and Mrityu for weddings.

Chandrabalam and Tarabalam

These help you check the day against YOUR OWN Moon sign (rashi) and birth star (nakshatra). If yours is in the list, the day is favourable for you. Chandrabalam counts the Moon's sign from yours (1st, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th and 11th are good); Tarabalam counts the Moon's star from yours in groups of nine.

Chandrabalam for · until 14:50: Aries, Taurus, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius, Capricorn
Ashtama Chandra (Moon 8th) for: Pisces
Chandrabalam for · until the next sunrise: Taurus, Gemini, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn, Aquarius
Ashtama Chandra (Moon 8th) for: Aries
Tarabalam for · until 20:44: Bharani, Rohini, Ardra, Pushya, Ashlesha, Purva Phalguni, Hasta, Swati, Anuradha, Jyeshtha, Purva Ashadha, Shravana, Shatabhisha, Uttara Bhadrapada, Revati
Tarabalam for · until the next sunrise: Ashwini, Krittika, Mrigashira, Punarvasu, Ashlesha, Magha, Uttara Phalguni, Chitra, Vishakha, Jyeshtha, Mula, Uttara Ashadha, Dhanishta, Purva Bhadrapada, Revati

Udaya lagna

Lagna	From	To
Aquarius	04:13	05:46
Pisces	05:46	07:17
Aries	07:17	08:58
Taurus	08:58	10:56
Gemini	10:56	13:10
Cancer	13:10	15:25
Leo	15:25	17:37
Virgo	17:37	19:47
Libra	19:47	22:01
Scorpio	22:01	00:17 16 Mar 2028
Sagittarius	00:17 16 Mar 2028	02:22 16 Mar 2028
Capricorn	02:22 16 Mar 2028	04:09 16 Mar 2028

Panchaka rahita muhurta

Period	From	To
Chora (theft)	05:45	05:46
Free of panchaka (good)	05:46	08:58
Chora (theft)	08:58	10:56
Free of panchaka (good)	10:56	13:10
Roga (illness)	13:10	15:25
Free of panchaka (good)	15:25	16:52
Mrityu (danger)	16:52	17:37
Agni (fire)	17:37	19:47
Free of panchaka (good)	19:47	20:44
Raja (the state)	20:44	22:01
Free of panchaka (good)	22:01	00:17 16 Mar 2028
Chora (theft)	00:17 16 Mar 2028	02:22 16 Mar 2028
Free of panchaka (good)	02:22 16 Mar 2028	04:09 16 Mar 2028
Roga (illness)	04:09 16 Mar 2028	05:42 16 Mar 2028

The sign rising in the east changes through the day, starting with the one rising at sunrise. Panchaka rahita divides the day wherever the rising sign, the tithi or the nakshatra changes, and marks each part as free of panchaka (good) or not.

Hora (planetary hours)

The day and the night are each split into twelve horas, starting at sunrise, and each hora is ruled by a planet. Day horas share out the daylight and night horas the darkness, so in summer a day hora is longer than an hour. The first hora of each day belongs to that day's planet, which is where the weekday names come from.

#	Hora lord	From	To	Suited to
1	Mercury	05:45	06:45	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
2	Moon	06:45	07:45	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
3	Saturn	07:45	08:45	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
4	Jupiter	08:45	09:45	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
5	Mars	09:45	10:45	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
6	Sun	10:45	11:45	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
7	Venus	11:45	12:45	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
8	Mercury	12:45	13:45	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
9	Moon	13:45	14:45	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
10	Saturn	14:45	15:45	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
11	Jupiter	15:45	16:45	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
12	Mars	16:45	17:45	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
13 night	Sun	17:45	18:45	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
14 night	Venus	18:45	19:45	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
15 night	Mercury	19:45	20:45	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
16 night	Moon	20:45	21:45	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
17 night	Saturn	21:45	22:45	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
18 night	Jupiter	22:45	23:45	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
19 night	Mars	23:45	00:44	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
20 night	Sun	00:44	01:44	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
21 night	Venus	01:44	02:44	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
22 night	Mercury	02:44	03:44	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
23 night	Moon	03:44	04:44	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
24 night	Saturn	04:44	05:44	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly

Festivals and fasts

Nothing marked on this date.