Kolkata panchang, 28 April 2026
Sunrise 05:07 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 15:13 Vaishakha 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:42 – 08:33
- Yamaganda 08:20 – 09:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:08 – 12:00
- Gulika Kalam 11:34 – 13:10
- Rahu Kalam 14:47 – 16:24
- 06:31 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:01 to 05:06 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 03:37 – 04:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 18:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:04 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 22:36 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 18:52
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 22:36 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 21:04
- Karana Bava until 06:31, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 18:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:04 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 22:36 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:42 – 08:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 09:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:34 – 13:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:24
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 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:14
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:52 – 05:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:07 – 06:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:44 – 08:20 | Bad |
| Char | 08:20 – 09:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:57 – 11:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:34 – 13:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:10 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:47 – 16:24 | Good |
| Rog | 16:24 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:01 – 19:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:24 – 20:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:47 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:10 – 23:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:33 – 00:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:57 – 02:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:20 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:43 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
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 NowMars
- 06:11 NowSun
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:20 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:29 NowSaturn
- 11:34 NowJupiter
- 12:38 NowMars
- 13:43 NowSun
- 14:47 NowVenus
- 15:52 NowMercury
- 16:56 NowMoon
- 18:01 NowSaturn
- 18:56 NowJupiter
- 19:51 NowMars
- 20:47 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:38 NowMercury
- 23:33 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:11 NowVenus
- 05:07 NowMars
- 06:07 NowSun
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:07 NowMercury
- 09:07 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:07 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 14:07 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:07 NowMoon
- 17:07 NowSaturn
- 18:07 NowJupiter
- 19:07 NowMars
- 20:07 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:07 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:07 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 04:07 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:38 – 04:26 Pisces
- 04:26 – 06:07 Aries
- 06:07 – 08:05 Taurus
- 08:05 – 10:19 Gemini
- 10:19 – 12:34 Cancer
- 12:34 – 14:46 Leo
- 14:46 – 16:56 Virgo
- 16:56 – 19:10 Libra
- 19:10 – 21:26 Scorpio
- 21:26 – 23:31 Sagittarius
- 23:31 – 01:18 next day Capricorn
- 01:18 – 02:51 next day Aquarius
- 02:51 – 04:22 next day Pisces
- 04:22 – 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