Kolkata panchang, 28 January 2028
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 07:10 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 17:20- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:41 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta 08:30 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam 10:26 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 12:55
- Yamaganda 14:35 – 15:57
- 09:22 Moon enters Aquarius
- 12:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:20 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
17:20 to 06:17 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:20 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:56 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:02 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:02 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 22:56 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 15:20
- Karana Balava until 12:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:22 Moon enters Aquarius
- 12:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:20 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:56 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:02 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:22 – 15:20
- 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 10:26 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 12:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:35 – 15:57
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 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:20 – 19:56
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:18 – 07:41 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:41 – 09:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:03 – 10:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:26 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:49 – 13:12 | Good |
| Rog | 13:12 – 14:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:35 – 15:57 | Bad |
| Char | 15:57 – 17:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:20 – 18:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:57 – 20:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:34 – 22:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:12 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:49 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:26 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:03 – 04:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:40 – 06:17 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
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:39 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:31 Sagittarius
- 05:31 – 07:18 Capricorn
- 07:18 – 08:51 Aquarius
- 08:51 – 10:22 Pisces
- 10:22 – 12:03 Aries
- 12:03 – 14:01 Taurus
- 14:01 – 16:14 Gemini
- 16:14 – 18:30 Cancer
- 18:30 – 20:41 Leo
- 20:41 – 22:52 Virgo
- 22:52 – 01:06 next day Libra
- 01:06 – 03:21 next day Scorpio
- 03:21 – 05:27 next day Sagittarius
- 05:27 – 06:17 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