Kolkata panchang, 28 April 2024
Sunrise 05:07 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 22:19 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:07 to 18:01- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:08 – 11:59
- Yamaganda 11:34 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam 14:47 – 16:24
- Durmuhurta 16:17 – 17:09
- Rahu Kalam 16:24 – 18:01
- 08:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 08:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:01 to 05:06 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 03:37 – 04:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:05 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 08:22
- Nakshatra Mula until 04:48 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 02:05 next day
- Karana Balava until 08:22, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 08:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:05 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:34 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:17 – 17:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:24 – 18:01
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. 03:38 – 04:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:08 – 11:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:07 – 04:48 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:07 – 04:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:07 – 06:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:43 – 08:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:20 – 09:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:57 – 11:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:34 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:10 – 14:47 | Good |
| Rog | 14:47 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:24 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:01 – 19:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:24 – 20:47 | Good |
| Char | 20:47 – 22:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:10 – 23:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:33 – 00:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:56 – 02:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:20 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:43 – 05:06 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
- 05:07 NowSun
- 06:11 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:34 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:47 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 18:01 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:47 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:33 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowSun
- 06:07 NowVenus
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:07 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:38 – 04:24 Pisces
- 04:24 – 06:05 Aries
- 06:05 – 08:03 Taurus
- 08:03 – 10:17 Gemini
- 10:17 – 12:32 Cancer
- 12:32 – 14:44 Leo
- 14:44 – 16:54 Virgo
- 16:54 – 19:08 Libra
- 19:08 – 21:24 Scorpio
- 21:24 – 23:29 Sagittarius
- 23:29 – 01:16 next day Capricorn
- 01:16 – 02:49 next day Aquarius
- 02:49 – 04:20 next day Pisces
- 04:20 – 05:06 next day Aries
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