Kolkata panchang, 1 January 2028
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 09:09 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 17:02- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:17 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta 06:17 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta 07:00 – 07:43
- Rahu Kalam 08:58 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:01
- Yamaganda 13:00 – 14:20
- 10:43 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 10:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 10:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:15 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
17:02 to 06:17 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 10:55
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 16:15 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 10:43
- Karana Vishti until 10:55, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:43 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 10:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 10:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:15 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:40 – 10:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:17 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:17 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:00 – 07:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:00 – 14:20
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. 04:31 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:18 – 12:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:02 – 19:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:17 – 16:15
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:17 – 10:55
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:17 – 07:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:38 – 08:58 | Good |
| Rog | 08:58 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:19 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Char | 11:39 – 13:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:00 – 14:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:20 – 15:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:41 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:02 – 18:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:41 – 20:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:21 – 22:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:00 – 23:39 | Good |
| Char | 23:39 – 01:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:19 – 02:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:58 – 04:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:38 – 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowJupiter
- 08:04 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:46 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:33 NowSaturn
- 13:27 NowJupiter
- 14:20 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:08 NowVenus
- 17:02 NowMercury
- 18:08 NowMoon
- 19:14 NowSaturn
- 20:21 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:33 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
- 05:11 NowMars
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:17 NowMercury
- 12:17 NowMoon
- 13:17 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:17 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:17 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
- 05:17 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:12 Scorpio
- 05:12 – 07:17 Sagittarius
- 07:17 – 09:04 Capricorn
- 09:04 – 10:37 Aquarius
- 10:37 – 12:08 Pisces
- 12:08 – 13:49 Aries
- 13:49 – 15:47 Taurus
- 15:47 – 18:01 Gemini
- 18:01 – 20:16 Cancer
- 20:16 – 22:28 Leo
- 22:28 – 00:38 next day Virgo
- 00:38 – 02:52 next day Libra
- 02:52 – 05:08 next day Scorpio
- 05:08 – 06:17 next day Sagittarius
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