Kolkata panchang, 2 January 2028
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 09:40 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:01
- Yamaganda 11:40 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam 14:21 – 15:42
- Durmuhurta 15:36 – 16:19
- Rahu Kalam 15:42 – 17:02
- 11:42 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 13:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:02 to 06:18 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:22 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 02:59 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 13:40
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 19:22 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 11:42
- Karana Balava until 13:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:42 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 13:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:22 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 02:59 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:00
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:42 – 12:33 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:21 – 15:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:36 – 16:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:42 – 17:02
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 19:22 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:17 – 07:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:38 – 08:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:59 – 10:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:19 – 11:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:40 – 13:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:00 – 14:21 | Good |
| Rog | 14:21 – 15:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:42 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:02 – 18:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:42 – 20:21 | Good |
| Char | 20:21 – 22:01 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:01 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:40 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:19 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:59 – 04:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:38 – 06:18 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 NowSun
- 07:11 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:34 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:34 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 04:05 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:08 Scorpio
- 05:08 – 07:13 Sagittarius
- 07:13 – 09:00 Capricorn
- 09:00 – 10:33 Aquarius
- 10:33 – 12:04 Pisces
- 12:04 – 13:45 Aries
- 13:45 – 15:43 Taurus
- 15:43 – 17:57 Gemini
- 17:57 – 20:12 Cancer
- 20:12 – 22:24 Leo
- 22:24 – 00:34 next day Virgo
- 00:34 – 02:48 next day Libra
- 02:48 – 05:04 next day Scorpio
- 05:04 – 06:18 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