Kolkata panchang, 22 March 2028
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 03:12 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:39 to 17:47- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:10 – 08:41
- Gulika Kalam 10:12 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta 11:19 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:07 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:43 – 13:14
- 08:12 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:35 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:47 to 05:38 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:48 Moon enters Aquarius
- 00:58 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 02:56 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 02:56 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 08:12 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddha until 00:58 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 13:35, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:12 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:48 Moon enters Aquarius
- 00:58 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 02:56 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:10 – 08:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:12 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:19 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:14
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 08:12 – 05:38 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. 04:04 – 04:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:09
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:39 – 02:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:39 – 07:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:10 – 08:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:41 – 10:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:12 – 11:43 | Good |
| Rog | 11:43 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:14 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:16 – 17:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:47 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:16 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:14 | Good |
| Char | 22:14 – 23:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:43 – 01:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:11 – 02:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:40 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:09 – 05:38 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
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:41 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:39 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:39 NowJupiter
- 09:39 NowMars
- 10:39 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:39 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:39 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 05:19 Aquarius
- 05:19 – 06:50 Pisces
- 06:50 – 08:30 Aries
- 08:30 – 10:29 Taurus
- 10:29 – 12:42 Gemini
- 12:42 – 14:58 Cancer
- 14:58 – 17:09 Leo
- 17:09 – 19:19 Virgo
- 19:19 – 21:33 Libra
- 21:33 – 23:49 Scorpio
- 23:49 – 01:54 next day Sagittarius
- 01:54 – 03:41 next day Capricorn
- 03:41 – 05:15 next day Aquarius
- 05:15 – 05:38 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