Kolkata panchang, 7 January 2028
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 12:29 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 17:06- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:39 – 09:00
- Durmuhurta 08:28 – 09:11
- Rahu Kalam 10:21 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:47
- Yamaganda 14:24 – 15:45
- 08:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:48 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
17:06 to 06:19 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 20:30
- Nakshatra Bharani until 03:52 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 11:48
- Karana Taitila until 08:39, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:48 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 20:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:28 – 09:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:24 – 15:45
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 00:36 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 23:34 – 01:38 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. 04:33 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:19 – 03:52 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:30 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:19 – 07:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:39 – 09:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:00 – 10:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:21 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:42 – 13:03 | Good |
| Rog | 13:03 – 14:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:24 – 15:45 | Bad |
| Char | 15:45 – 17:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:06 – 18:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:45 – 20:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:24 – 22:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:03 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:42 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:21 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:00 – 04:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:40 – 06:19 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
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 04:48 Scorpio
- 04:48 – 06:53 Sagittarius
- 06:53 – 08:40 Capricorn
- 08:40 – 10:14 Aquarius
- 10:14 – 11:45 Pisces
- 11:45 – 13:25 Aries
- 13:25 – 15:24 Taurus
- 15:24 – 17:37 Gemini
- 17:37 – 19:53 Cancer
- 19:53 – 22:04 Leo
- 22:04 – 00:14 next day Virgo
- 00:14 – 02:28 next day Libra
- 02:28 – 04:44 next day Scorpio
- 04:44 – 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