Kolkata panchang, 31 January 2028
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 08:42 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 17:22- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:40 – 09:03
- Yamaganda 10:26 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam 13:13 – 14:36
- Durmuhurta 14:25 – 15:09
- 07:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:15 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:22 to 06:16 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:22 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:57 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 20:24 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 07:15
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 07:42 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shiva until 17:57
- Karana Vishti until 07:15, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:57 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 20:24 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:00 – 22:17
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:17 – 07:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:25 – 15:09
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. 04:33 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:22 – 19:57
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:17 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:40 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:03 – 10:26 | Good |
| Rog | 10:26 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:49 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Char | 13:13 – 14:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:36 – 15:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:59 – 17:22 | Good |
| Char | 17:22 – 18:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:59 – 20:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:36 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:13 – 23:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:49 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:26 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:03 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:40 – 06:16 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
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 09:59 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:49 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:22 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:49 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:07 NowSaturn
- 05:12 NowJupiter
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:19 Sagittarius
- 05:19 – 07:06 Capricorn
- 07:06 – 08:39 Aquarius
- 08:39 – 10:10 Pisces
- 10:10 – 11:51 Aries
- 11:51 – 13:49 Taurus
- 13:49 – 16:03 Gemini
- 16:03 – 18:18 Cancer
- 18:18 – 20:30 Leo
- 20:30 – 22:40 Virgo
- 22:40 – 00:54 next day Libra
- 00:54 – 03:10 next day Scorpio
- 03:10 – 05:15 next day Sagittarius
- 05:15 – 06:16 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