Kolkata panchang, 29 January 2028
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 07:41 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 17:21- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:17 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta 06:17 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta 07:02 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam 09:03 – 10:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:11
- Yamaganda 13:12 – 14:35
- 15:23 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:18 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
17:21 to 06:17 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:21 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 04:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 04:43 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 04:43 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 02:02 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Variyan until 16:18
- Karana Taitila until 15:23, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 15:23 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:18 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 02:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 04:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 04:43 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:17 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:17 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:02 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:35
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:18 – 04:45 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 – 05:26
- 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 17:21 – 19:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:02 – 06:17 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:43 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:17 – 07:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:40 – 09:03 | Good |
| Rog | 09:03 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:26 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Char | 11:49 – 13:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:12 – 14:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:35 – 15:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:58 – 17:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:21 – 18:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:58 – 20:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:35 – 22:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:12 – 23:49 | Good |
| Char | 23:49 – 01:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:26 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:03 – 04:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:40 – 06:17 next day | Good |
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
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 11:49 NowMoon
- 12:44 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:35 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:26 NowVenus
- 17:21 NowMercury
- 18:26 NowMoon
- 19:30 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:44 NowSun
- 23:49 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMars
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:17 NowMercury
- 12:17 NowMoon
- 13:17 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:17 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:17 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
- 05:17 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:27 Sagittarius
- 05:27 – 07:14 Capricorn
- 07:14 – 08:47 Aquarius
- 08:47 – 10:18 Pisces
- 10:18 – 11:59 Aries
- 11:59 – 13:57 Taurus
- 13:57 – 16:11 Gemini
- 16:11 – 18:26 Cancer
- 18:26 – 20:38 Leo
- 20:38 – 22:48 Virgo
- 22:48 – 01:02 next day Libra
- 01:02 – 03:18 next day Scorpio
- 03:18 – 05:23 next day Sagittarius
- 05:23 – 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