Kolkata panchang, 16 January 2028
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 21:48 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 17:12- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:07
- Yamaganda 11:46 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam 14:29 – 15:50
- Durmuhurta 15:45 – 16:28
- Rahu Kalam 15:50 – 17:12
- 06:45 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 14:46 Moon enters Virgo
Night
17:12 to 06:19 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:48 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 17:27
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 09:14 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shobhana until 22:48
- Karana Kaulava until 06:45, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:45 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 14:46 Moon enters Virgo
- 17:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:48 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 15:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:45 – 16:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:50 – 17:12
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:48 – 01:12 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. 04:34 – 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 17:12 – 19:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:14 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:19 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:41 – 09:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:03 – 10:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:24 – 11:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:46 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:07 – 14:29 | Good |
| Rog | 14:29 – 15:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:50 – 17:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:12 – 18:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:50 – 20:29 | Good |
| Char | 20:29 – 22:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:07 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:46 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:24 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:03 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:46 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:34 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:12 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:34 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:14 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)
- 04:34 – 06:18 Sagittarius
- 06:18 – 08:05 Capricorn
- 08:05 – 09:38 Aquarius
- 09:38 – 11:09 Pisces
- 11:09 – 12:50 Aries
- 12:50 – 14:48 Taurus
- 14:48 – 17:02 Gemini
- 17:02 – 19:17 Cancer
- 19:17 – 21:29 Leo
- 21:29 – 23:39 Virgo
- 23:39 – 01:53 next day Libra
- 01:53 – 04:09 next day Scorpio
- 04:09 – 06:14 next day Sagittarius
- 06:14 – 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