Kolkata panchang, 5 April 2028
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 13:44 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:26 to 17:52- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:59 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam 10:06 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta 11:14 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:04 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:39 – 13:12
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:14 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
17:52 to 05:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:41 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 21:41 Moon enters Leo
- 04:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:58 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 07:46
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 21:41 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 13:14
- Karana Gara until 07:46, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:14 Yoga becomes Shula
- 18:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:41 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 21:41 Moon enters Leo
- 04:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:58 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:59 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:06 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:14 – 12:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:12
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:14 – 15:14
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:25 – 21:41
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:41 – 04:58 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. 03:53 – 04:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:52 – 20:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:26 – 21:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:58 – 05:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:26 – 06:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:59 – 08:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:32 – 10:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:06 – 11:39 | Good |
| Rog | 11:39 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:12 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:19 – 17:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:52 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:19 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:12 | Good |
| Char | 22:12 – 23:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:38 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:05 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:32 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:58 – 05:25 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
- 05:26 NowMercury
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:34 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:41 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:38 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:34 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:26 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:26 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:24 Aquarius
- 04:24 – 05:55 Pisces
- 05:55 – 07:35 Aries
- 07:35 – 09:34 Taurus
- 09:34 – 11:47 Gemini
- 11:47 – 14:03 Cancer
- 14:03 – 16:14 Leo
- 16:14 – 18:24 Virgo
- 18:24 – 20:38 Libra
- 20:38 – 22:54 Scorpio
- 22:54 – 00:59 next day Sagittarius
- 00:59 – 02:46 next day Capricorn
- 02:46 – 04:20 next day Aquarius
- 04:20 – 05:25 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