Kolkata panchang, 28 August 2026
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 18:05 Shravana month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:18 to 17:56- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:53 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta 07:50 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam 10:02 – 11:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 12:02 – 12:53
- Yamaganda 14:47 – 16:21
- 07:27 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 09:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 09:48 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:56 to 05:19 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 09:48
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 03:13 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 07:27
- Karana Bava until 09:48, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:27 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 09:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 09:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:50 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:02 – 11:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:02 – 12:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:21
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. 03:47 – 04:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:12 – 12:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:48 – 05:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:18 – 06:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:53 – 08:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:28 – 10:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:02 – 11:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:37 – 13:12 | Good |
| Rog | 13:12 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:47 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Char | 16:21 – 17:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:56 – 19:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:21 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:47 – 22:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:12 – 23:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:37 – 01:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:03 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:28 – 03:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:53 – 05:19 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:18 NowVenus
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:37 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:47 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowVenus
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 04:35 Cancer
- 04:35 – 06:46 Leo
- 06:46 – 08:56 Virgo
- 08:56 – 11:10 Libra
- 11:10 – 13:26 Scorpio
- 13:26 – 15:31 Sagittarius
- 15:31 – 17:18 Capricorn
- 17:18 – 18:52 Aquarius
- 18:52 – 20:23 Pisces
- 20:23 – 22:03 Aries
- 22:03 – 00:02 next day Taurus
- 00:02 – 02:15 next day Gemini
- 02:15 – 04:31 next day Cancer
- 04:31 – 05:19 next day Leo
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