Kolkata panchang, 28 January 2024
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 19:38 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 17:20- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:11
- Yamaganda 11:49 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam 14:35 – 15:57
- Durmuhurta 15:52 – 16:36
- Rahu Kalam 15:57 – 17:20
- 08:50 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:52 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 16:52 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:20 to 06:17 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:20 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 06:11 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 06:11 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 06:11 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 15:52 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 08:50
- Karana Vanija until 16:52, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:50 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:52 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 16:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:11 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 06:11 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:35 – 15:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:52 – 16:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:57 – 17:20
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 16:52 – 06:11 next day
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. 04:34 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:20 – 19:56
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:18 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:41 – 09:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:03 – 10:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:26 – 11:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:49 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:12 – 14:35 | Good |
| Rog | 14:35 – 15:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:57 – 17:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:20 – 18:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:57 – 20:34 | Good |
| Char | 20:34 – 22:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:12 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:49 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:26 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:03 – 04:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:40 – 06:17 next day | Good |
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
- 06:18 NowSun
- 07:13 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:49 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:39 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:34 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:49 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:13 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowSun
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:31 Sagittarius
- 05:31 – 07:18 Capricorn
- 07:18 – 08:51 Aquarius
- 08:51 – 10:22 Pisces
- 10:22 – 12:03 Aries
- 12:03 – 14:01 Taurus
- 14:01 – 16:14 Gemini
- 16:14 – 18:30 Cancer
- 18:30 – 20:41 Leo
- 20:41 – 22:51 Virgo
- 22:51 – 01:06 next day Libra
- 01:06 – 03:21 next day Scorpio
- 03:21 – 05:27 next day Sagittarius
- 05:27 – 06:17 next day Capricorn
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