Kolkata panchang, 10 January 2028
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 15:12 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 17:08- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:40 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 10:22 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 12:05 – 12:48
- Gulika Kalam 13:04 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta 14:15 – 14:58
- 13:14 Moon enters Gemini
- 15:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 15:36 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:08 to 06:19 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:36 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:14 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 15:36
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 00:15 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 01:36 next day
- Karana Taitila until 15:36, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:14 Moon enters Gemini
- 15:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 15:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:36 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:14 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:15 – 14:58
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) 11:22 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:08 – 19:46
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:19 – 00:15 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:19 – 00:15 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:19 – 00:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:19 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:40 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:01 – 10:22 | Good |
| Rog | 10:22 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:43 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Char | 13:04 – 14:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:25 – 15:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:47 – 17:08 | Good |
| Char | 17:08 – 18:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:47 – 20:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:26 – 22:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:04 – 23:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:43 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:22 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:01 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:40 – 06:19 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 09:01 NowMars
- 09:55 NowSun
- 10:49 NowVenus
- 11:43 NowMercury
- 12:37 NowMoon
- 13:31 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:08 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:37 NowMars
- 23:43 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:49 NowVenus
- 01:55 NowMercury
- 03:01 NowMoon
- 04:07 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowJupiter
- 06:19 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:19 NowMars
- 10:19 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:19 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 04:36 Scorpio
- 04:36 – 06:41 Sagittarius
- 06:41 – 08:28 Capricorn
- 08:28 – 10:02 Aquarius
- 10:02 – 11:33 Pisces
- 11:33 – 13:14 Aries
- 13:14 – 15:12 Taurus
- 15:12 – 17:25 Gemini
- 17:25 – 19:41 Cancer
- 19:41 – 21:52 Leo
- 21:52 – 00:02 next day Virgo
- 00:02 – 02:17 next day Libra
- 02:17 – 04:32 next day Scorpio
- 04:32 – 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