Kolkata panchang, 2 February 2028
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 09:47 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 17:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:39 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta 11:28 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:12 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:50 – 13:13
- 09:58 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 09:58 Moon enters Aries
- 11:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 11:13 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:24 to 06:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:24 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:29 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 23:52 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 11:13
- Nakshatra Revati until 09:58 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sadhya until 18:29
- Karana Taitila until 11:13, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:58 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 09:58 Moon enters Aries
- 11:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 11:13 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:29 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 23:52 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:28 – 12:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:13
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:16 – 09:58
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 09:58 – 06:16 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 23:12 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 22:06 – 00:18 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. 04:33 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:24 – 19:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:16 – 09:58
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 11:13 – 06:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:16 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:39 – 09:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:03 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 11:50 | Good |
| Rog | 11:50 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:13 – 14:37 | Bad |
| Char | 14:37 – 16:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:00 – 17:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:24 – 19:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:00 – 20:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:37 – 22:13 | Good |
| Char | 22:13 – 23:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:50 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:26 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:03 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:39 – 06:16 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
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:41 NowMoon
- 14:37 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:11 Sagittarius
- 05:11 – 06:58 Capricorn
- 06:58 – 08:31 Aquarius
- 08:31 – 10:02 Pisces
- 10:02 – 11:43 Aries
- 11:43 – 13:42 Taurus
- 13:42 – 15:55 Gemini
- 15:55 – 18:11 Cancer
- 18:11 – 20:22 Leo
- 20:22 – 22:32 Virgo
- 22:32 – 00:46 next day Libra
- 00:46 – 03:02 next day Scorpio
- 03:02 – 05:07 next day Sagittarius
- 05:07 – 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