Kolkata panchang, 28 January 2027
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 23:20 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 17:20- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:18 – 07:40
- Gulika Kalam 09:03 – 10:26
- Durmuhurta 09:59 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:11
- Rahu Kalam 13:12 – 14:35
- Durmuhurta 14:24 – 15:08
- 12:08 Moon enters Libra
- 15:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:58 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
17:20 to 06:17 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:20 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 04:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 04:03 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 00:32 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhriti until 16:58
- Karana Vishti until 15:52, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:08 Moon enters Libra
- 15:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:58 Yoga becomes Shula
- 00:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 04:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:18 – 07:40
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:26
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 09:59 – 10:43
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:35
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:24 – 15:08
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:58 – 18:58
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmriti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kulluka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindaraja, as Kulluka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:34 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:20 – 19:56
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:18 – 00:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:18 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:40 – 09:03 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 09:03 – 10:26 | Avoid |
| Char | 10:26 – 11:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:49 – 13:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:12 – 14:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:35 – 15:58 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 15:58 – 17:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:20 – 18:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:57 – 20:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:35 – 22:12 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 22:12 – 23:49 | Avoid |
| Labh | 23:49 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:26 – 03:03 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 03:03 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 11:49 NowSaturn
- 12:44 NowJupiter
- 13:39 NowMars
- 14:35 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:25 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:25 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:35 NowMars
- 21:39 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:49 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 03:03 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
- 05:13 NowSun
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:18 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
- 05:18 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:30 Sagittarius
- 05:30 – 07:17 Capricorn
- 07:17 – 08:50 Aquarius
- 08:50 – 10:21 Pisces
- 10:21 – 12:02 Aries
- 12:02 – 14:00 Taurus
- 14:00 – 16:13 Gemini
- 16:13 – 18:29 Cancer
- 18:29 – 20:40 Leo
- 20:40 – 22:51 Virgo
- 22:51 – 01:05 next day Libra
- 01:05 – 03:20 next day Scorpio
- 03:20 – 05:26 next day Sagittarius
- 05:26 – 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