Kolkata panchang, 21 January 2028
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 01:47 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 17:15- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:41 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta 08:30 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam 10:25 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 12:53
- Yamaganda 14:31 – 15:53
- 06:22 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 12:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 12:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:54 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
17:15 to 06:19 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:36 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 12:17
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 06:22 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 12:54
- Karana Vishti until 12:17, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:22 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 12:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 12:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:54 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 00:36 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:30 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 12:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 15:53
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. 04:35 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:15 – 19:52
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:17 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:19 – 07:41 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:41 – 09:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:03 – 10:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:25 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:47 – 13:09 | Good |
| Rog | 13:09 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:31 – 15:53 | Bad |
| Char | 15:53 – 17:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:15 – 18:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:53 – 20:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:31 – 22:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:09 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:47 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:25 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:03 – 04:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:47 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:42 NowSaturn
- 23:47 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:58 Sagittarius
- 05:58 – 07:45 Capricorn
- 07:45 – 09:19 Aquarius
- 09:19 – 10:50 Pisces
- 10:50 – 12:30 Aries
- 12:30 – 14:29 Taurus
- 14:29 – 16:42 Gemini
- 16:42 – 18:58 Cancer
- 18:58 – 21:09 Leo
- 21:09 – 23:19 Virgo
- 23:19 – 01:33 next day Libra
- 01:33 – 03:49 next day Scorpio
- 03:49 – 05:54 next day Sagittarius
- 05:54 – 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