Kolkata panchang, 6 January 2028
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 11:49 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 17:05- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:18 – 07:39
- Gulika Kalam 09:00 – 10:21
- Durmuhurta 09:54 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:03
- Rahu Kalam 13:02 – 14:23
- Durmuhurta 14:12 – 14:56
- 08:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:50 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
17:05 to 06:19 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 20:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 20:35
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 03:35 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 12:50
- Karana Balava until 08:18, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:50 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 20:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 20:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:18 – 07:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:00 – 10:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:54 – 10:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:02 – 14:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:12 – 14:56
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) 11:20 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:05 – 19:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:18 – 03:35 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:18 – 06:19 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:35 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:18 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:39 – 09:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:00 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Char | 10:21 – 11:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:42 – 13:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:02 – 14:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:23 – 15:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:44 – 17:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:05 – 18:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:44 – 20:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:23 – 22:03 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:03 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:42 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:21 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:00 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:39 – 06:19 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
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:06 NowSun
- 09:00 NowVenus
- 09:54 NowMercury
- 10:48 NowMoon
- 11:42 NowSaturn
- 12:36 NowJupiter
- 13:29 NowMars
- 14:23 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:11 NowMercury
- 17:05 NowMoon
- 18:11 NowSaturn
- 19:17 NowJupiter
- 20:23 NowMars
- 21:29 NowSun
- 22:36 NowVenus
- 23:42 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMoon
- 01:54 NowSaturn
- 03:00 NowJupiter
- 04:06 NowMars
- 05:12 NowSun
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:18 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
- 05:18 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 04:52 Scorpio
- 04:52 – 06:57 Sagittarius
- 06:57 – 08:44 Capricorn
- 08:44 – 10:17 Aquarius
- 10:17 – 11:49 Pisces
- 11:49 – 13:29 Aries
- 13:29 – 15:28 Taurus
- 15:28 – 17:41 Gemini
- 17:41 – 19:57 Cancer
- 19:57 – 22:08 Leo
- 22:08 – 00:18 next day Virgo
- 00:18 – 02:32 next day Libra
- 02:32 – 04:48 next day Scorpio
- 04:48 – 06:19 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