Kolkata panchang, 17 March 2028
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 17:45 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:44 to 17:45- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:14 – 08:44
- Durmuhurta 08:08 – 08:56
- Rahu Kalam 10:14 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 12:57
- Yamaganda 14:45 – 16:15
- 16:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 16:26 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:45 to 05:43 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:53 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 21:55 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:55 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 16:26
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 21:55 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 21:53
- Karana Bava until 16:26, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 16:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 16:26 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:53 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 21:55 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:55 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:08 – 08:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 12:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:15
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:53 – 21:45 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:44 – 21:55
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. 04:08 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:35 – 21:55
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:44 – 07:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:14 – 08:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:44 – 10:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:14 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:44 – 13:15 | Good |
| Rog | 13:15 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:45 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Char | 16:15 – 17:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:45 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:15 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:45 – 22:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:14 – 23:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:44 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:14 – 02:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:43 – 04:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:13 – 05:43 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
- 05:44 NowVenus
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:44 NowVenus
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:44 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 05:38 Aquarius
- 05:38 – 07:09 Pisces
- 07:09 – 08:50 Aries
- 08:50 – 10:49 Taurus
- 10:49 – 13:02 Gemini
- 13:02 – 15:18 Cancer
- 15:18 – 17:29 Leo
- 17:29 – 19:39 Virgo
- 19:39 – 21:53 Libra
- 21:53 – 00:09 next day Scorpio
- 00:09 – 02:14 next day Sagittarius
- 02:14 – 04:01 next day Capricorn
- 04:01 – 05:34 next day Aquarius
- 05:34 – 05:43 next day Pisces
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