Panchang / Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Daily panchang

Kolkata, West Bengal, India · Monday, 20 Mar 2028

Asia/Kolkata (+5.50h)

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The day in simple words

Tithi: Dashami · until 21:36
Nakshatra: Uttara Ashadha · until 05:04 (21 Mar 2028)
Good time to start something: 11:19–12:08 · Abhijit
Avoid starting new work: 07:11–08:42 · Rahu kaal

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

05:40

Sunset

17:47

Moonrise

01:55

Moonset

12:58

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	Dashami then Ekadashi	21:36	Purna (full) Read as completion and fullness; favoured for marriage and travel.
Nakshatra	Uttara Ashadha then Shravana	05:04 21 Mar 2028	The later victory - the one that lasts. Associated with integrity, patience and achievement that holds because it was built slowly.
Yoga	Parigha then Shiva	22:55	auspicious Counted among the favourable yogas in the muhurta literature.
Karana	Vanija then Vishti · until 21:36 then Bava	08:24	One of the seven movable karanas, which repeat through the month.
Vara	Monday	—	Ruled by the Moon. Favoured for water, travel and domestic matters.

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 05:40
Sunset 17:47

Traditionally avoided
Traditionally favoured

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

Period	From	To	What the old texts say
Sunrise	05:40	—
Sunset	17:47	—
Rahu kaal	07:11	08:42	About an hour and a half that changes with the weekday. The tradition says not to start anything new in it.
Gulika	13:14	14:45	Saturn's part of the day. It is avoided for the same reasons as Rahu kaal.
Yamaganda	10:13	11:44	Another time to avoid, also set by the weekday.
Abhijit	11:19	12:08	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	04:05	04:52	Before dawn: traditionally the hour for waking, prayer, meditation and study.
Pratah sandhya	04:29	05:40	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	17:47	18:11	Cow-dust hour at sunset: favoured for weddings in many regions.
Sayahna sandhya	17:47	18:58	The dusk sandhya, from sunset: the time for the evening prayers.
Nishita muhurta	23:19	00:07 21 Mar 2028	The midnight muhurta, counterpart of Abhijit: kept for Shiva and Kali worship, as on Shivaratri.
Dur muhurta	12:08	12:56	Avoided for auspicious beginnings.
Dur muhurta	14:33	15:22	Avoided for auspicious beginnings.
Amrit kalam	21:54	23:41	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	11:08	12:56	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 7 min
Night length (ratrimana): 11 h 51 min
Midday (madhyahna): 11:44
Direction to avoid for travel today (disha shool): East

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
Amrit	05:40	07:11	best anything at all
Kaal	07:11	08:42	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Shubh	08:42	10:13	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Rog	10:13	11:44	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Udveg	11:44	13:14	avoid government work only
Chal	13:14	14:45	neutral travel and movement
Labh	14:45	16:16	good trade, starting a business, gain
Amrit	16:16	17:47	best anything at all

Night

Choghadiya	From	To	Quality
Chal	17:47	19:16	neutral travel and movement
Rog	19:16	20:45	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Kaal	20:45	22:14	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Labh	22:14	23:43	good trade, starting a business, gain
Udveg	23:43	01:12	avoid government work only
Shubh	01:12	02:41	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Amrit	02:41	04:10	best anything at all
Chal	04:10	05:39	neutral travel and movement

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
Uthi	05:40	07:11	neutral ordinary work
Soram	07:11	08:42	avoid nothing new
Rogam	08:42	10:13	avoid medicine only
Visham	10:13	11:44	avoid nothing new
Labham	11:44	13:14	good gain, new work
Dhanam	13:14	14:45	good money, purchase, trade
Sugam	14:45	16:16	good travel, ease, hospitality
Amirdham	16:16	17:47	best anything auspicious

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: Sagittarius · until 08:51
then Capricorn
Sun sign: Pisces
Nakshatra pada: Uttara Ashadha pada 1 · until 08:51
Uttara Ashadha pada 2 · until 15:34
Uttara Ashadha pada 3 · until 22:19
Uttara Ashadha pada 4 · until 05:04 (21 Mar 2028)
Shravana pada 1
Sun's nakshatra: Uttara Bhadrapada pada 1
Anandadi yoga: Mrityu · until 22:19
then Kana
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): East · until 08:51
then South
Rahu vasa (Rahu's direction): North-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	Not today		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	08:24	21:36	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. in the underworld
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: Chora (theft)	13:57	05:39 21 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 08:51: Gemini, Cancer, Libra, Sagittarius, Aquarius, Pisces
Ashtama Chandra (Moon 8th) for: Taurus
Chandrabalam for · until the next sunrise: Aries, Cancer, Leo, Scorpio, Capricorn, Pisces
Ashtama Chandra (Moon 8th) for: Gemini
Tarabalam for · until 05:04: Bharani, Rohini, Mrigashira, Punarvasu, Ashlesha, Purva Phalguni, Hasta, Chitra, Vishakha, Jyeshtha, Purva Ashadha, Shravana, Dhanishta, Purva Bhadrapada, Revati
Tarabalam for · until the next sunrise: Ashwini, Krittika, Mrigashira, Ardra, Pushya, Magha, Uttara Phalguni, Chitra, Swati, Anuradha, Mula, Uttara Ashadha, Dhanishta, Shatabhisha, Uttara Bhadrapada

Udaya lagna

Lagna	From	To
Pisces	05:27	06:58
Aries	06:58	08:38
Taurus	08:38	10:37
Gemini	10:37	12:50
Cancer	12:50	15:06
Leo	15:06	17:17
Virgo	17:17	19:27
Libra	19:27	21:41
Scorpio	21:41	23:57
Sagittarius	23:57	02:02 21 Mar 2028
Capricorn	02:02 21 Mar 2028	03:49 21 Mar 2028
Aquarius	03:49 21 Mar 2028	05:23 21 Mar 2028

Panchaka rahita muhurta

Period	From	To
Chora (theft)	05:40	06:58
Raja (the state)	06:58	08:38
Free of panchaka (good)	08:38	10:37
Chora (theft)	10:37	12:50
Free of panchaka (good)	12:50	15:06
Roga (illness)	15:06	17:17
Free of panchaka (good)	17:17	19:27
Mrityu (danger)	19:27	21:36
Agni (fire)	21:36	21:41
Free of panchaka (good)	21:41	23:57
Raja (the state)	23:57	02:02 21 Mar 2028
Free of panchaka (good)	02:02 21 Mar 2028	03:49 21 Mar 2028
Chora (theft)	03:49 21 Mar 2028	05:04 21 Mar 2028
Free of panchaka (good)	05:04 21 Mar 2028	05:23 21 Mar 2028
Roga (illness)	05:23 21 Mar 2028	05:39 21 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	Moon	05:40	06:41	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
2	Saturn	06:41	07:41	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
3	Jupiter	07:41	08:42	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
4	Mars	08:42	09:42	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
5	Sun	09:42	10:43	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
6	Venus	10:43	11:44	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
7	Mercury	11:44	12:44	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
8	Moon	12:44	13:45	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
9	Saturn	13:45	14:45	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
10	Jupiter	14:45	15:46	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
11	Mars	15:46	16:47	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
12	Sun	16:47	17:47	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
13 night	Venus	17:47	18:47	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
14 night	Mercury	18:47	19:46	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
15 night	Moon	19:46	20:45	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
16 night	Saturn	20:45	21:44	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
17 night	Jupiter	21:44	22:44	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
18 night	Mars	22:44	23:43	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
19 night	Sun	23:43	00:42	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
20 night	Venus	00:42	01:42	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
21 night	Mercury	01:42	02:41	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
22 night	Moon	02:41	03:40	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
23 night	Saturn	03:40	04:40	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
24 night	Jupiter	04:40	05:39	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora

Festivals and fasts

Nothing marked on this date.