Kolkata panchang, 15 January 2028
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 20:47 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 17:11- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:19 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta 06:19 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta 07:03 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam 09:02 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:07
- Yamaganda 13:07 – 14:28
- 09:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:25 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
17:11 to 06:19 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:10 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 20:10
- Nakshatra Magha until 11:25 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 02:10 next day
- Karana Bava until 09:41, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:25 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 20:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:10 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:19 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:19 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:03 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:28
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:11 – 19:49
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:19 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:19 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:41 – 09:02 | Good |
| Rog | 09:02 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:24 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Char | 11:45 – 13:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:07 – 14:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:28 – 15:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:50 – 17:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:11 – 18:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:50 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:28 – 22:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:07 – 23:45 | Good |
| Char | 23:45 – 01:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:24 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:02 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:41 – 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 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 09:57 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 11:45 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:34 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:11 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:34 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:45 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMercury
- 01:57 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:22 Sagittarius
- 06:22 – 08:09 Capricorn
- 08:09 – 09:42 Aquarius
- 09:42 – 11:13 Pisces
- 11:13 – 12:54 Aries
- 12:54 – 14:52 Taurus
- 14:52 – 17:06 Gemini
- 17:06 – 19:21 Cancer
- 19:21 – 21:33 Leo
- 21:33 – 23:43 Virgo
- 23:43 – 01:57 next day Libra
- 01:57 – 04:13 next day Scorpio
- 04:13 – 06:18 next day Sagittarius
- 06:18 – 06:19 next day Capricorn
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