Kolkata panchang, 18 January 2028
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 23:48 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:30 – 09:14
- Yamaganda 09:03 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:08
- Gulika Kalam 11:46 – 13:08
- Rahu Kalam 14:30 – 15:52
- 13:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 13:32 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:13 to 06:19 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:23 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:56 Moon enters Libra
- 00:55 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 13:32
- Nakshatra Chitra until 05:43 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 17:23
- Karana Bava until 13:32, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 13:32 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:23 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:56 Moon enters Libra
- 00:55 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:30 – 09:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:30 – 15:52
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) 11:25 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:13 – 19:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:32 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:19 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:41 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Char | 09:03 – 10:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:25 – 11:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:46 – 13:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:08 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:30 – 15:52 | Good |
| Rog | 15:52 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:13 – 18:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:51 – 20:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:30 – 22:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:08 – 23:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:46 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:25 – 03:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:03 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 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 NowMars
- 07:14 NowSun
- 08:08 NowVenus
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 09:57 NowMoon
- 10:52 NowSaturn
- 11:46 NowJupiter
- 12:41 NowMars
- 13:35 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:13 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:35 NowVenus
- 22:41 NowMercury
- 23:46 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:57 NowJupiter
- 03:03 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
- 05:14 NowVenus
- 06:19 NowMars
- 07:19 NowSun
- 08:19 NowVenus
- 09:19 NowMercury
- 10:19 NowMoon
- 11:19 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:19 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:19 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:19 NowMars
- 21:19 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:19 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMoon
- 01:19 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:19 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
- 05:19 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:10 Sagittarius
- 06:10 – 07:57 Capricorn
- 07:57 – 09:30 Aquarius
- 09:30 – 11:01 Pisces
- 11:01 – 12:42 Aries
- 12:42 – 14:40 Taurus
- 14:40 – 16:54 Gemini
- 16:54 – 19:09 Cancer
- 19:09 – 21:21 Leo
- 21:21 – 23:31 Virgo
- 23:31 – 01:45 next day Libra
- 01:45 – 04:01 next day Scorpio
- 04:01 – 06:06 next day Sagittarius
- 06:06 – 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