Kolkata panchang, 8 April 2028
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 16:54 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:23 to 17:53- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:23 – 06:57
- Durmuhurta 05:23 – 06:13
- Durmuhurta 06:13 – 07:03
- Rahu Kalam 08:30 – 10:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:03
- Yamaganda 13:12 – 14:45
- 08:52 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:23 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
17:53 to 05:22 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:11 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 19:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:14 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 19:11
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 14:23 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 22:14
- Karana Gara until 08:52, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:52 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:23 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 19:11 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 19:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:14 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:23 – 06:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:23 – 06:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:13 – 07:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 10:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:45
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:14 – 01:50 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:23 – 14:23
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:23 – 05:22 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. 03:51 – 04:37
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:23 – 14:23
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:23 – 19:11
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:23 – 06:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:57 – 08:30 | Good |
| Rog | 08:30 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:04 – 11:38 | Bad |
| Char | 11:38 – 13:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:12 – 14:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:45 – 16:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:19 – 17:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:53 – 19:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:19 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:45 – 22:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:11 – 23:38 | Good |
| Char | 23:38 – 01:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:04 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:30 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:56 – 05:22 next day | Good |
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
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:30 NowSun
- 09:33 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:38 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:48 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 17:53 NowMercury
- 18:50 NowMoon
- 19:48 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:38 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:30 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:23 NowVenus
- 10:23 NowMercury
- 11:23 NowMoon
- 12:23 NowSaturn
- 13:23 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:23 NowMars
- 22:23 NowSun
- 23:23 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMercury
- 01:23 NowMoon
- 02:23 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 04:12 Aquarius
- 04:12 – 05:43 Pisces
- 05:43 – 07:24 Aries
- 07:24 – 09:22 Taurus
- 09:22 – 11:35 Gemini
- 11:35 – 13:51 Cancer
- 13:51 – 16:02 Leo
- 16:02 – 18:12 Virgo
- 18:12 – 20:27 Libra
- 20:27 – 22:42 Scorpio
- 22:42 – 00:48 next day Sagittarius
- 00:48 – 02:34 next day Capricorn
- 02:34 – 04:08 next day Aquarius
- 04:08 – 05:22 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