Kolkata panchang, 9 January 2028
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 14:10 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 17:07- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:05
- Yamaganda 11:43 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam 14:25 – 15:46
- Durmuhurta 15:41 – 16:24
- Rahu Kalam 15:46 – 17:07
- 06:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 07:49 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
17:07 to 06:19 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:56 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 17:56
- Nakshatra Rohini until 02:06 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 07:49
- Karana Bava until 06:51, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 07:49 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 17:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:56 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:25 – 15:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:41 – 16:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:46 – 17:07
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 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:07 – 19:45
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:06 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:19 – 07:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:40 – 09:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:01 – 10:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:22 – 11:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:43 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:04 – 14:25 | Good |
| Rog | 14:25 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:46 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:07 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:46 – 20:25 | Good |
| Char | 20:25 – 22:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:04 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:43 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:22 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:01 – 04:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:40 – 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
- 06:19 NowSun
- 07:13 NowVenus
- 08:07 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 09:55 NowSaturn
- 10:49 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:37 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:37 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:49 NowJupiter
- 01:55 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 04:07 NowVenus
- 05:13 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowSun
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 04:40 Scorpio
- 04:40 – 06:45 Sagittarius
- 06:45 – 08:32 Capricorn
- 08:32 – 10:06 Aquarius
- 10:06 – 11:37 Pisces
- 11:37 – 13:17 Aries
- 13:17 – 15:16 Taurus
- 15:16 – 17:29 Gemini
- 17:29 – 19:45 Cancer
- 19:45 – 21:56 Leo
- 21:56 – 00:06 next day Virgo
- 00:06 – 02:20 next day Libra
- 02:20 – 04:36 next day Scorpio
- 04:36 – 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