Kolkata panchang, 24 January 2028
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 04:31 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 17:17- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:41 – 09:03
- Yamaganda 10:26 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 12:10 – 12:54
- Gulika Kalam 13:10 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta 14:22 – 15:06
- 11:28 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 16:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 16:09 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:17 to 06:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:17 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:10 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 16:09
- Nakshatra Mula until 11:28 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 12:22
- Karana Vanija until 16:09, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 11:28 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 16:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 16:09 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:10 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:10 – 12:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:22 – 15:06
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:28 – 06:18 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) 11:26 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:17 – 19:54
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:19 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:41 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:03 – 10:26 | Good |
| Rog | 10:26 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:48 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Char | 13:10 – 14:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:33 – 15:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:55 – 17:17 | Good |
| Char | 17:17 – 18:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:55 – 20:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:33 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:10 – 23:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:48 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:26 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:03 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:41 – 06:18 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
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:48 NowMercury
- 12:43 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:33 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:28 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:43 NowMars
- 23:48 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:13 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 – 05:46 Sagittarius
- 05:46 – 07:33 Capricorn
- 07:33 – 09:07 Aquarius
- 09:07 – 10:38 Pisces
- 10:38 – 12:18 Aries
- 12:18 – 14:17 Taurus
- 14:17 – 16:30 Gemini
- 16:30 – 18:46 Cancer
- 18:46 – 20:57 Leo
- 20:57 – 23:07 Virgo
- 23:07 – 01:21 next day Libra
- 01:21 – 03:37 next day Scorpio
- 03:37 – 05:42 next day Sagittarius
- 05:42 – 06:18 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