Kolkata panchang, 5 January 2028
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:04 Moonrise 11:13 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:39 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam 10:20 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:20 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:03 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:02
- 07:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:15 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
17:04 to 06:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:04 – 19:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:31 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 19:50
- Nakshatra Revati until 02:31 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 13:15
- Karana Vishti until 07:10, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:15 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 19:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:31 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:20 – 07:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:20 – 12:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:02
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:18 – 02:31 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:31 – 06:18 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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:04 – 19:43
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:31 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:18 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:39 – 09:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:00 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:20 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:02 – 14:23 | Bad |
| Char | 14:23 – 15:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:43 – 17:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:04 – 18:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:43 – 20:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:23 – 22:02 | Good |
| Char | 22:02 – 23:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:41 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:21 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:00 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:04 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 04:56 Scorpio
- 04:56 – 07:01 Sagittarius
- 07:01 – 08:48 Capricorn
- 08:48 – 10:21 Aquarius
- 10:21 – 11:53 Pisces
- 11:53 – 13:33 Aries
- 13:33 – 15:32 Taurus
- 15:32 – 17:45 Gemini
- 17:45 – 20:01 Cancer
- 20:01 – 22:12 Leo
- 22:12 – 00:22 next day Virgo
- 00:22 – 02:36 next day Libra
- 02:36 – 04:52 next day Scorpio
- 04:52 – 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