Kolkata panchang, 23 February 2028
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 04:36 Magha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 17:35- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:30 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam 10:23 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta 11:27 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:50 – 13:16
- 10:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 10:44 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:35 to 06:03 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:47 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 00:05 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
- 01:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 10:44
- Nakshatra Shravana until 01:58 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 18:47
- Karana Vanija until 10:44, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 10:44 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:47 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 00:05 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
- 01:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:27 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:16
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:47 – 07:17 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 01:58 – 06:03 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. 04:24 – 05:14
- 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 17:35 – 20:05
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:04 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:30 – 08:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:57 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:23 – 11:50 | Good |
| Rog | 11:50 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:16 – 14:43 | Bad |
| Char | 14:43 – 16:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:09 – 17:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:35 – 19:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:09 – 20:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:42 – 22:16 | Good |
| Char | 22:16 – 23:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:49 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:23 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:56 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:30 – 06:03 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
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:43 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:35 Capricorn
- 05:35 – 07:09 Aquarius
- 07:09 – 08:40 Pisces
- 08:40 – 10:21 Aries
- 10:21 – 12:19 Taurus
- 12:19 – 14:32 Gemini
- 14:32 – 16:48 Cancer
- 16:48 – 18:59 Leo
- 18:59 – 21:09 Virgo
- 21:09 – 23:24 Libra
- 23:24 – 01:39 next day Scorpio
- 01:39 – 03:45 next day Sagittarius
- 03:45 – 05:31 next day Capricorn
- 05:31 – 06:03 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