Kolkata panchang, 21 March 2028
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 02:36 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:40 to 17:47- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:05 – 08:54
- Yamaganda 08:42 – 10:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:08
- Gulika Kalam 11:43 – 13:14
- Rahu Kalam 14:45 – 16:16
- 10:53 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:47 to 05:39 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 00:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:14 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 00:14 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 08:12 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shiva until 23:54
- Karana Bava until 10:53, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 00:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:14 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:05 – 08:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:16
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. 04:05 – 04:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:09
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:40 – 07:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:11 – 08:42 | Bad |
| Char | 08:42 – 10:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:12 – 11:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:43 – 13:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:14 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:45 – 16:16 | Good |
| Rog | 16:16 – 17:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:47 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:16 – 20:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:45 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:14 – 23:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:43 – 01:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:12 – 02:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:41 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:10 – 05:39 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
- 05:40 NowMars
- 06:41 NowSun
- 07:41 NowVenus
- 08:42 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:43 NowSaturn
- 11:43 NowJupiter
- 12:44 NowMars
- 13:44 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:46 NowMercury
- 16:46 NowMoon
- 17:47 NowSaturn
- 18:46 NowJupiter
- 19:45 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:44 NowVenus
- 22:43 NowMercury
- 23:43 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:41 NowMars
- 03:40 NowSun
- 04:40 NowVenus
- 05:40 NowMars
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:40 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:40 NowMars
- 13:40 NowSun
- 14:40 NowVenus
- 15:40 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:40 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:40 NowVenus
- 22:40 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:40 NowSun
- 04:40 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:23 Aquarius
- 05:23 – 06:54 Pisces
- 06:54 – 08:34 Aries
- 08:34 – 10:33 Taurus
- 10:33 – 12:46 Gemini
- 12:46 – 15:02 Cancer
- 15:02 – 17:13 Leo
- 17:13 – 19:23 Virgo
- 19:23 – 21:37 Libra
- 21:37 – 23:53 Scorpio
- 23:53 – 01:58 next day Sagittarius
- 01:58 – 03:45 next day Capricorn
- 03:45 – 05:19 next day Aquarius
- 05:19 – 05:39 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