Kolkata panchang, 3 January 2028
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:03 Moonrise 10:10 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 17:03- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:38 – 08:59
- Yamaganda 10:20 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 12:02 – 12:45
- Gulika Kalam 13:01 – 14:22
- Durmuhurta 14:11 – 14:54
- 12:33 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:34 Moon enters Pisces
- 16:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 16:12 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:03 to 06:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:03 – 19:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:15 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 16:12
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 22:15 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 12:33
- Karana Taitila until 16:12, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:33 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:34 Moon enters Pisces
- 16:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 16:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:15 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 08:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:02 – 12:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:01 – 14:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:11 – 14:54
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. 04:32 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:03 – 19:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:18 – 22:15
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:18 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:38 – 08:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:59 – 10:20 | Good |
| Rog | 10:20 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:40 – 13:01 | Bad |
| Char | 13:01 – 14:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:22 – 15:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:42 – 17:03 | Good |
| Char | 17:03 – 18:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:42 – 20:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:22 – 22:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:01 – 23:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:40 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:20 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:59 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:39 – 06:18 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:34 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:22 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:09 NowSun
- 17:03 NowVenus
- 18:09 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:22 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:34 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 05:12 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:04 Scorpio
- 05:04 – 07:09 Sagittarius
- 07:09 – 08:56 Capricorn
- 08:56 – 10:29 Aquarius
- 10:29 – 12:00 Pisces
- 12:00 – 13:41 Aries
- 13:41 – 15:39 Taurus
- 15:39 – 17:53 Gemini
- 17:53 – 20:08 Cancer
- 20:08 – 22:20 Leo
- 22:20 – 00:30 next day Virgo
- 00:30 – 02:44 next day Libra
- 02:44 – 05:00 next day Scorpio
- 05:00 – 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