Kolkata panchang, 28 February 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 14:38 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 17:38- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:59 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta 05:59 – 06:46
- Durmuhurta 06:46 – 07:33
- Rahu Kalam 08:54 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:12
- Yamaganda 13:16 – 14:43
- 09:35 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 09:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:02 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
17:38 to 05:59 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 20:43 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 20:43
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 09:35 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Saubhagya until 17:02
- Karana Bava until 09:36, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:35 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 09:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:02 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 20:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 20:43 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:59 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:59 – 06:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:46 – 07:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:43
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. 04:21 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:06
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:59 – 07:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:27 – 08:54 | Good |
| Rog | 08:54 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:21 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Char | 11:49 – 13:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:16 – 14:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:43 – 16:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:11 – 17:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:38 – 19:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:11 – 20:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:43 – 22:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:16 – 23:48 | Good |
| Char | 23:48 – 01:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:21 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:53 – 04:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:26 – 05:59 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
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:56 NowMars
- 08:54 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 11:49 NowMoon
- 12:47 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:43 NowMars
- 15:42 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:41 NowSaturn
- 20:43 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:47 NowSun
- 23:48 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:53 NowSaturn
- 03:55 NowJupiter
- 04:57 NowMars
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:59 NowSaturn
- 20:59 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:14 Capricorn
- 05:14 – 06:47 Aquarius
- 06:47 – 08:18 Pisces
- 08:18 – 09:59 Aries
- 09:59 – 11:57 Taurus
- 11:57 – 14:11 Gemini
- 14:11 – 16:26 Cancer
- 16:26 – 18:38 Leo
- 18:38 – 20:48 Virgo
- 20:48 – 23:02 Libra
- 23:02 – 01:18 next day Scorpio
- 01:18 – 03:23 next day Sagittarius
- 03:23 – 05:10 next day Capricorn
- 05:10 – 05:59 next day Aquarius
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