Kolkata panchang, 19 March 2028
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 01:12 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 17:46- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:08
- Yamaganda 11:44 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 14:45 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta 16:09 – 16:58
- Rahu Kalam 16:15 – 17:46
- 06:19 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:46 to 05:41 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 19:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:08 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 02:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 19:17
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 02:10 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 22:08
- Karana Taitila until 06:19, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 19:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:08 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 02:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:09 – 16:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:15 – 17:46
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:08 – 10:32 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. 04:06 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:10 – 05:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:42 – 07:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:12 – 08:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:43 – 10:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:13 – 11:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:44 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:14 – 14:45 | Good |
| Rog | 14:45 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:15 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:46 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:15 – 20:45 | Good |
| Char | 20:45 – 22:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:14 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:43 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:13 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:42 – 04:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:12 – 05:41 next day | Good |
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
- 05:42 NowSun
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:44 NowJupiter
- 11:44 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:45 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:43 NowJupiter
- 01:43 NowMars
- 02:42 NowSun
- 03:42 NowVenus
- 04:41 NowMercury
- 05:42 NowSun
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:42 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:42 NowSun
- 13:42 NowVenus
- 14:42 NowMercury
- 15:42 NowMoon
- 16:42 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:42 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:42 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:42 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:42 NowJupiter
- 01:42 NowMars
- 02:42 NowSun
- 03:42 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:30 Aquarius
- 05:30 – 07:02 Pisces
- 07:02 – 08:42 Aries
- 08:42 – 10:41 Taurus
- 10:41 – 12:54 Gemini
- 12:54 – 15:10 Cancer
- 15:10 – 17:21 Leo
- 17:21 – 19:31 Virgo
- 19:31 – 21:45 Libra
- 21:45 – 00:01 next day Scorpio
- 00:01 – 02:06 next day Sagittarius
- 02:06 – 03:53 next day Capricorn
- 03:53 – 05:27 next day Aquarius
- 05:27 – 05:41 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