Kolkata panchang, 1 March 2028
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 08:25 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 17:39- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:26 – 08:53
- Gulika Kalam 10:21 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta 11:25 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:12 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:48 – 13:16
- 13:23 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:39 to 05:57 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:53 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 22:53 Yoga becomes Indra
- 01:56 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:56 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 01:56 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 17:53 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Brahma until 22:53
- Karana Bava until 13:23, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 13:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:53 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 22:53 Yoga becomes Indra
- 01:56 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:56 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 08:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:25 – 12:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:16
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:58 – 17:53
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:53 – 05:57 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. 04:20 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:39 – 20:06
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:53 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:58 – 07:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:26 – 08:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:53 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:21 – 11:48 | Good |
| Rog | 11:48 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:16 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Char | 14:44 – 16:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:11 – 17:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:39 – 19:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:11 – 20:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:43 – 22:16 | Good |
| Char | 22:16 – 23:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:48 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:20 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:53 – 04:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:25 – 05:57 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
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:43 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 05:08 Capricorn
- 05:08 – 06:41 Aquarius
- 06:41 – 08:12 Pisces
- 08:12 – 09:53 Aries
- 09:53 – 11:51 Taurus
- 11:51 – 14:05 Gemini
- 14:05 – 16:20 Cancer
- 16:20 – 18:32 Leo
- 18:32 – 20:42 Virgo
- 20:42 – 22:56 Libra
- 22:56 – 01:12 next day Scorpio
- 01:12 – 03:17 next day Sagittarius
- 03:17 – 05:04 next day Capricorn
- 05:04 – 05:57 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