Kolkata panchang, 3 April 2028
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 11:35 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:28 to 17:51- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:01 – 08:34
- Yamaganda 10:06 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:54
- Gulika Kalam 13:12 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:22
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:00 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:51 to 05:27 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:10 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 19:17 Moon enters Cancer
- 23:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 12:00
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 01:00 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Atiganda until 19:10
- Karana Bava until 12:00, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:10 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 19:17 Moon enters Cancer
- 23:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:01 – 08:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:06 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:22
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. 03:55 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:51 – 20:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:00 – 05:27 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:00 – 05:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:28 – 07:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:01 – 08:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:34 – 10:06 | Good |
| Rog | 10:06 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:39 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Char | 13:12 – 14:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:45 – 16:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:18 – 17:51 | Good |
| Char | 17:51 – 19:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:18 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:45 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:12 – 23:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:39 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:06 – 02:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:33 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:00 – 05:27 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:28 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:34 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:37 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:41 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:47 NowMars
- 16:49 NowSun
- 17:51 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:47 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:43 NowJupiter
- 22:41 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:37 NowVenus
- 01:35 NowMercury
- 02:33 NowMoon
- 03:31 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:28 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:28 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:28 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:28 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 04:32 Aquarius
- 04:32 – 06:03 Pisces
- 06:03 – 07:43 Aries
- 07:43 – 09:42 Taurus
- 09:42 – 11:55 Gemini
- 11:55 – 14:11 Cancer
- 14:11 – 16:22 Leo
- 16:22 – 18:32 Virgo
- 18:32 – 20:46 Libra
- 20:46 – 23:02 Scorpio
- 23:02 – 01:07 next day Sagittarius
- 01:07 – 02:54 next day Capricorn
- 02:54 – 04:28 next day Aquarius
- 04:28 – 05:27 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