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Panchang for Kolkata — 3 April 2026

Krishna Pratipada tithi, Chitra nakshatra · Friday · West Bengal (22.5726°, 88.3639°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Shuddha (Pure)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Meena (Phalguna)

A pañcāṅga is the day's five limbs — tithi, vāra, nakṣatra, yoga and karaṇa. All five come from the real positions of the Sun and Moon and change through the day, so they are reckoned from Kolkata (22.5726°, 88.3639°)'s own sunrise — 05:27 AM here today rather than from a national average. Below are today's five with the time each ends, and then the day's auspicious and inauspicious windows.

What it means
TithiKrishna Pratipadauntil 08:42 AMNanda tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayFridayArts, music, marriage, vehicles, luxury, pleasure.
NakshatraChitra · pada 2until 07:25 PMMridu nakshatra — Marriage, friendship, music, ornaments, pleasure.
YogaVyaghatauntil 02:08 PMInauspicious nitya-yoga — avoid auspicious works.
KaranaKaulavauntil 08:42 AMMovable karana — generally workable for most activities.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise05:27 AM
Sunset05:53 PM
Moonrise07:08 PM
Moonset05:48 AM
Moon inVirgo
Sun inPisces
Ayana · Ritu (season)Uttarayana · Shishira

Auspicious windows

Abhijit Muhurta11:15 AM – 12:04 PM
Brahma Muhurta03:51 AM – 04:39 AM
Amrit Kalam11:58 AM – 01:41 PM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam10:06 AM – 11:40 AM
Gulika Kalam07:00 AM – 08:33 AM
Yamaganda02:46 PM – 04:19 PM
Varjyam
Durmuhurta10:25 AM – 11:15 AM
Durmuhurta01:44 PM – 02:34 PM

Day Choghadiya

Chara05:27 AM – 07:00 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh07:00 AM – 08:33 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit08:33 AM – 10:06 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal10:06 AM – 11:40 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh11:40 AM – 01:13 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog01:13 PM – 02:46 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg02:46 PM – 04:19 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara04:19 PM – 05:53 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work

Night Choghadiya

Rog05:53 PM – 07:19 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg07:19 PM – 08:46 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara08:46 PM – 10:13 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh10:13 PM – 11:40 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit11:40 PM – 01:06 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal01:06 AM – 02:33 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh02:33 AM – 04:00 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog04:00 AM – 05:27 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts

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Sources & citations

P Sun/Moon sidereal longitudes via Swiss Ephemeris (pyswisseph), Lahiri/Chitrapaksha ayanamsa
T1 Surya Siddhanta — tithi=Moon−Sun/12°, nakshatra=Moon/13°20′, yoga=(Sun+Moon)/13°20′, karana=half-tithi
T3 Rahu/Yamaganda/Gulika kalam — 8 equal day-octants by weekday (standard panchang convention)
T2 Prasna Marga — Visha (Varjyam) & Amrita ghati table per nakshatra
T2 Muhurta Chintamani — auspicious/inauspicious yogas, masa/ritu/ayana
T2 Abhijit = the midday muhurta — Jaimini Sutras, B. S. Rao 1955, commentator's note to Su.27: “The mid-day goes under the name of Abhijit and is considered as very auspicious for all work. It cuts away all evils. Abhijit sarva doshaghnam.” Day divided into 15 muhurtas of 2 ghati each, varying with daylength — Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra (Tara Chandra Shastri / Khemaraja edition)
T3 Durmuhurta — muhurta slots by weekday (standard panchang convention; no verse for it in our library, so it is not cited to one)
T3 Muhurta Chintamani — Choghadiya/Kalahora prakarana; weekday-rotated 7-cycle