Kolkata panchang, 31 March 2028
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 08:38 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:30 to 17:50- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:03 – 08:35
- Durmuhurta 07:58 – 08:48
- Rahu Kalam 10:08 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 12:05 – 12:54
- Yamaganda 14:45 – 16:18
- 14:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 14:35 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:50 to 05:29 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:04 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 02:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 02:28 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 14:35
- Nakshatra Rohini until 02:19 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Ayushman until 01:04 next day
- Karana Balava until 14:35, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 14:35 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:04 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 02:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 02:28 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:03 – 08:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:58 – 08:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:08 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:18
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. 03:57 – 04:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:50 – 20:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:30 – 08:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:35 – 05:29 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:19 – 05:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:30 – 07:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:03 – 08:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:35 – 10:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:08 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:40 – 13:13 | Good |
| Rog | 13:13 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:45 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Char | 16:18 – 17:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:50 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:18 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:45 – 22:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:12 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:40 – 01:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:07 – 02:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:35 – 04:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:02 – 05:29 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
- 05:30 NowVenus
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:47 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:47 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:42 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowVenus
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:43 Aquarius
- 04:43 – 06:14 Pisces
- 06:14 – 07:55 Aries
- 07:55 – 09:53 Taurus
- 09:53 – 12:07 Gemini
- 12:07 – 14:22 Cancer
- 14:22 – 16:34 Leo
- 16:34 – 18:44 Virgo
- 18:44 – 20:58 Libra
- 20:58 – 23:14 Scorpio
- 23:14 – 01:19 next day Sagittarius
- 01:19 – 03:06 next day Capricorn
- 03:06 – 04:39 next day Aquarius
- 04:39 – 05:29 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