Kolkata panchang, 23 March 2028
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 03:45 Phalguna month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 17:47- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:38 – 07:09
- Gulika Kalam 08:40 – 10:12
- Durmuhurta 09:41 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam 13:14 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:21
- 11:22 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:16 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:47 to 05:37 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:59 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 05:34 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 05:34 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 05:34 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 11:22 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sadhya until 01:59 next day
- Karana Gara until 16:16, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:22 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:59 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 05:34 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 05:34 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:38 – 07:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 10:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:41 – 10:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:21
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:34 – 18:47 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. 04:03 – 04:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:18 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:09
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:38 – 07:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:09 – 08:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:40 – 10:12 | Bad |
| Char | 10:12 – 11:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:43 – 13:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:14 – 14:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:45 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:16 – 17:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:47 – 19:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:16 – 20:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:45 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:13 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:42 – 01:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:11 – 02:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:40 – 04:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:08 – 05:37 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
- 05:38 NowJupiter
- 06:39 NowMars
- 07:40 NowSun
- 08:40 NowVenus
- 09:41 NowMercury
- 10:42 NowMoon
- 11:43 NowSaturn
- 12:43 NowJupiter
- 13:44 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:46 NowVenus
- 16:47 NowMercury
- 17:47 NowMoon
- 18:46 NowSaturn
- 19:46 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:43 NowVenus
- 23:42 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMoon
- 01:41 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:39 NowMars
- 04:38 NowSun
- 05:38 NowJupiter
- 06:38 NowMars
- 07:38 NowSun
- 08:38 NowVenus
- 09:38 NowMercury
- 10:38 NowMoon
- 11:38 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:38 NowMars
- 14:38 NowSun
- 15:38 NowVenus
- 16:38 NowMercury
- 17:38 NowMoon
- 18:38 NowSaturn
- 19:38 NowJupiter
- 20:38 NowMars
- 21:38 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:38 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMoon
- 01:38 NowSaturn
- 02:38 NowJupiter
- 03:38 NowMars
- 04:38 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 05:15 Aquarius
- 05:15 – 06:46 Pisces
- 06:46 – 08:26 Aries
- 08:26 – 10:25 Taurus
- 10:25 – 12:38 Gemini
- 12:38 – 14:54 Cancer
- 14:54 – 17:05 Leo
- 17:05 – 19:15 Virgo
- 19:15 – 21:30 Libra
- 21:30 – 23:45 Scorpio
- 23:45 – 01:51 next day Sagittarius
- 01:51 – 03:37 next day Capricorn
- 03:37 – 05:11 next day Aquarius
- 05:11 – 05:37 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