Kolkata panchang, 16 February 2028
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 23:39 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 17:32- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:34 – 08:59
- Gulika Kalam 10:25 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta 11:27 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:50 – 13:16
- 12:26 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 14:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:32 to 06:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:45 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 01:46 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 12:26 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 18:45
- Karana Vishti until 14:06, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:26 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 14:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:45 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:34 – 08:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:27 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:16
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. 04:28 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:32 – 20:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:09 – 12:26
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:09 – 01:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:09 – 07:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:34 – 08:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:59 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:25 – 11:50 | Good |
| Rog | 11:50 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:16 – 14:41 | Bad |
| Char | 14:41 – 16:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:06 – 17:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:32 – 19:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:06 – 20:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:41 – 22:15 | Good |
| Char | 22:15 – 23:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:50 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:59 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:33 – 06:08 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
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:41 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 06:03 Capricorn
- 06:03 – 07:36 Aquarius
- 07:36 – 09:07 Pisces
- 09:07 – 10:48 Aries
- 10:48 – 12:46 Taurus
- 12:46 – 15:00 Gemini
- 15:00 – 17:15 Cancer
- 17:15 – 19:27 Leo
- 19:27 – 21:37 Virgo
- 21:37 – 23:51 Libra
- 23:51 – 02:07 next day Scorpio
- 02:07 – 04:12 next day Sagittarius
- 04:12 – 05:59 next day Capricorn
- 05:59 – 06:08 next day Aquarius
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