Kolkata panchang, 17 January 2028
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 22:48 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 17:13- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:41 – 09:03
- Yamaganda 10:24 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam 13:08 – 14:29
- Durmuhurta 14:18 – 15:02
- 07:30 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 15:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 15:12 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:13 to 06:19 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:52 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 02:17 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 15:12
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 07:30 · lord Sun
- Yoga Atiganda until 19:52
- Karana Vanija until 15:12, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:30 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 15:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 15:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:52 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 02:17 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:08 – 14:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:18 – 15:02
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:19 – 06:19 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 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:13 – 19:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:30 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:19 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:41 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:03 – 10:24 | Good |
| Rog | 10:24 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:46 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Char | 13:08 – 14:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:29 – 15:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:51 – 17:13 | Good |
| Char | 17:13 – 18:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:51 – 20:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:29 – 22:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:08 – 23:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:46 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:24 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:03 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:41 – 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
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:46 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:35 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:24 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:35 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:46 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:14 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)
- 04:34 – 06:14 Sagittarius
- 06:14 – 08:01 Capricorn
- 08:01 – 09:34 Aquarius
- 09:34 – 11:05 Pisces
- 11:05 – 12:46 Aries
- 12:46 – 14:44 Taurus
- 14:44 – 16:58 Gemini
- 16:58 – 19:13 Cancer
- 19:13 – 21:25 Leo
- 21:25 – 23:35 Virgo
- 23:35 – 01:49 next day Libra
- 01:49 – 04:05 next day Scorpio
- 04:05 – 06:10 next day Sagittarius
- 06:10 – 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