Kolkata panchang, 19 January 2028
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:14 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 17:14- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:41 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam 10:25 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta 11:25 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:08 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:47 – 13:08
- 12:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 12:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:24 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
17:14 to 06:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:12 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 12:29
- Nakshatra Swati until 05:44 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 15:24
- Karana Kaulava until 12:29, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 12:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:24 Yoga becomes Shula
- 00:12 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:25 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:47 – 13:08
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:24 – 17:24
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 01:04 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 00:01 – 02:07 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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:14 – 19:51
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:19 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:41 – 09:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:03 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:25 – 11:47 | Good |
| Rog | 11:47 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:08 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Char | 14:30 – 15:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:52 – 17:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:14 – 18:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:52 – 20:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:30 – 22:08 | Good |
| Char | 22:08 – 23:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:47 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:03 – 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
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:47 NowVenus
- 12:41 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:47 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:14 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 – 06:06 Sagittarius
- 06:06 – 07:53 Capricorn
- 07:53 – 09:26 Aquarius
- 09:26 – 10:57 Pisces
- 10:57 – 12:38 Aries
- 12:38 – 14:37 Taurus
- 14:37 – 16:50 Gemini
- 16:50 – 19:06 Cancer
- 19:06 – 21:17 Leo
- 21:17 – 23:27 Virgo
- 23:27 – 01:41 next day Libra
- 01:41 – 03:57 next day Scorpio
- 03:57 – 06:02 next day Sagittarius
- 06:02 – 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