Kolkata panchang, 18 February 2028
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 00:39 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 17:33- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:33 – 08:59
- Durmuhurta 08:24 – 09:10
- Rahu Kalam 10:24 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:59
- Yamaganda 14:42 – 16:07
- 13:25 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 13:57 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:29 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
17:33 to 06:07 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:33 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 02:24 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 13:25 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyaghata until 16:29
- Karana Taitila until 13:57, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 13:25 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 13:57 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:29 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 02:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:33 – 08:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:24 – 09:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:42 – 16:07
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 13:25 – 06:07 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. 04:27 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:33 – 20:04
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:07 – 07:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:33 – 08:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:59 – 10:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:24 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:50 – 13:16 | Good |
| Rog | 13:16 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:42 – 16:07 | Bad |
| Char | 16:07 – 17:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:33 – 19:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:07 – 20:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:41 – 22:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:16 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:50 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:24 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:58 – 04:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:32 – 06:07 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
- 06:07 NowVenus
- 07:04 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:42 NowMoon
- 15:39 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:39 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowVenus
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:07 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:55 Capricorn
- 05:55 – 07:28 Aquarius
- 07:28 – 09:00 Pisces
- 09:00 – 10:40 Aries
- 10:40 – 12:39 Taurus
- 12:39 – 14:52 Gemini
- 14:52 – 17:08 Cancer
- 17:08 – 19:19 Leo
- 19:19 – 21:29 Virgo
- 21:29 – 23:43 Libra
- 23:43 – 01:59 next day Scorpio
- 01:59 – 04:04 next day Sagittarius
- 04:04 – 05:51 next day Capricorn
- 05:51 – 06:07 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