Kolkata panchang, 29 March 2028
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 07:05 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:32 to 17:49- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:04 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam 10:09 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:16 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:05 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:13
- 13:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:58 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:49 to 05:31 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 02:17 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:07 next day Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 13:58
- Nakshatra Bharani until 00:51 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vishkambha until 03:07 next day
- Karana Gara until 13:58, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 02:17 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:07 next day Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:39 – 04:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:04 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:09 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:16 – 12:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:13
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:32 – 00:51 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. 03:59 – 04:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:16 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:49 – 20:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:32 – 00:51 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:51 – 05:31 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:51 – 05:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:32 – 07:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:04 – 08:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:37 – 10:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:09 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:13 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:17 – 17:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:49 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:17 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:13 | Good |
| Char | 22:13 – 23:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:40 – 01:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:08 – 02:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:36 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:04 – 05:31 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
- 05:32 NowMercury
- 06:34 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:39 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSun
- 01:37 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:34 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
- 05:32 NowMercury
- 06:32 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:32 NowVenus
- 12:32 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:32 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:32 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:59 – 04:51 Aquarius
- 04:51 – 06:22 Pisces
- 06:22 – 08:03 Aries
- 08:03 – 10:01 Taurus
- 10:01 – 12:15 Gemini
- 12:15 – 14:30 Cancer
- 14:30 – 16:42 Leo
- 16:42 – 18:52 Virgo
- 18:52 – 21:06 Libra
- 21:06 – 23:22 Scorpio
- 23:22 – 01:27 next day Sagittarius
- 01:27 – 03:14 next day Capricorn
- 03:14 – 04:47 next day Aquarius
- 04:47 – 05:31 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