Kolkata panchang, 7 April 2028
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 15:50 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:24 to 17:53- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:57 – 08:31
- Durmuhurta 07:54 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam 10:05 – 11:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 12:03 – 12:53
- Yamaganda 14:45 – 16:19
- 06:00 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 12:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:57 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
17:53 to 05:23 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:19 Moon enters Virgo
- 22:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 22:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:08 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 22:33
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 16:57 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 06:00
- Karana Kaulava until 12:13, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:00 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 12:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:57 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 22:19 Moon enters Virgo
- 22:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 22:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:08 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:57 – 08:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:54 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:05 – 11:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:03 – 12:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:19
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. 03:52 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:24 – 16:57
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:24 – 16:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:57 – 05:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:24 – 06:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:57 – 08:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:31 – 10:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:05 – 11:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:38 – 13:12 | Good |
| Rog | 13:12 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:45 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Char | 16:19 – 17:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:53 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:19 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:45 – 22:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:12 – 23:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:38 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:04 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:30 – 03:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:57 – 05:23 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
- 05:24 NowVenus
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:38 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowVenus
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:24 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:16 Aquarius
- 04:16 – 05:47 Pisces
- 05:47 – 07:28 Aries
- 07:28 – 09:26 Taurus
- 09:26 – 11:39 Gemini
- 11:39 – 13:55 Cancer
- 13:55 – 16:06 Leo
- 16:06 – 18:16 Virgo
- 18:16 – 20:31 Libra
- 20:31 – 22:46 Scorpio
- 22:46 – 00:52 next day Sagittarius
- 00:52 – 02:38 next day Capricorn
- 02:38 – 04:12 next day Aquarius
- 04:12 – 05:23 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