Kolkata panchang, 4 January 2028
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:04 Moonrise 10:41 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 17:04- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:27 – 09:10
- Yamaganda 08:59 – 10:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:02
- Gulika Kalam 11:41 – 13:01
- Rahu Kalam 14:22 – 15:43
- 13:07 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
17:04 to 06:18 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:04 – 19:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 18:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 18:20
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 00:42 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 13:07
- Karana Vanija until 18:20, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:07 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 18:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 18:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:27 – 09:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:01
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:07 – 01:11 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:22 – 15:43
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:20 – 07:10 next day
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 17:04 – 19:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:18 – 00:42 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:18 – 00:42 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:20 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:18 – 07:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:39 – 08:59 | Bad |
| Char | 08:59 – 10:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:20 – 11:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:41 – 13:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:01 – 14:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:22 – 15:43 | Good |
| Rog | 15:43 – 17:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:04 – 18:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:43 – 20:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:22 – 22:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:02 – 23:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:41 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:20 – 02:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:59 – 04:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:39 – 06:18 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:18 NowMars
- 07:12 NowSun
- 08:05 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 09:53 NowMoon
- 10:47 NowSaturn
- 11:41 NowJupiter
- 12:35 NowMars
- 13:28 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:10 NowMoon
- 17:04 NowSaturn
- 18:10 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:22 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:35 NowMercury
- 23:41 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSaturn
- 01:53 NowJupiter
- 02:59 NowMars
- 04:06 NowSun
- 05:12 NowVenus
- 06:18 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:18 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:18 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
- 05:18 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:00 Scorpio
- 05:00 – 07:05 Sagittarius
- 07:05 – 08:52 Capricorn
- 08:52 – 10:25 Aquarius
- 10:25 – 11:56 Pisces
- 11:56 – 13:37 Aries
- 13:37 – 15:36 Taurus
- 15:36 – 17:49 Gemini
- 17:49 – 20:05 Cancer
- 20:05 – 22:16 Leo
- 22:16 – 00:26 next day Virgo
- 00:26 – 02:40 next day Libra
- 02:40 – 04:56 next day Scorpio
- 04:56 – 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