Kolkata panchang, 12 January 2028
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 17:29 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 17:09- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:40 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam 10:23 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta 11:22 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:44 – 13:05
- 09:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 09:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:01 Moon enters Cancer
Night
17:09 to 06:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:55 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 19:21 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 19:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 06:07 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 09:33
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 19:21 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 17:55
- Karana Bava until 09:33, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 09:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:01 Moon enters Cancer
- 17:55 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 19:21 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 19:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 06:07 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:53 – 17:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:22 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:05
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:55 – 19:07
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. 04:34 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:09 – 19:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:07 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:19 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:40 – 09:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:02 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:23 – 11:44 | Good |
| Rog | 11:44 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:05 – 14:27 | Bad |
| Char | 14:27 – 15:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:48 – 17:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:09 – 18:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:48 – 20:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:27 – 22:05 | Good |
| Char | 22:05 – 23:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:44 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:23 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:02 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:41 – 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 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:34 Sagittarius
- 06:34 – 08:20 Capricorn
- 08:20 – 09:54 Aquarius
- 09:54 – 11:25 Pisces
- 11:25 – 13:06 Aries
- 13:06 – 15:04 Taurus
- 15:04 – 17:17 Gemini
- 17:17 – 19:33 Cancer
- 19:33 – 21:44 Leo
- 21:44 – 23:55 Virgo
- 23:55 – 02:09 next day Libra
- 02:09 – 04:24 next day Scorpio
- 04:24 – 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