Kolkata panchang, 12 April 2028
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 21:10 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:19 to 17:54- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:54 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam 10:03 – 11:37
- Durmuhurta 11:12 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 12:02 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:37 – 13:11
- 06:36 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 08:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:12 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
17:54 to 05:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:57 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 08:36
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 06:36 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 09:12
- Karana Vishti until 08:36, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:36 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 08:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:12 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 19:57 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:54 – 08:28
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:12 – 07:12 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:03 – 11:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:12 – 12:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:37 – 13:11
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. 03:48 – 04:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:12 – 12:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:11
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:36 – 05:19 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:36 – 05:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:19 – 06:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:54 – 08:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:28 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:03 – 11:37 | Good |
| Rog | 11:37 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:20 – 17:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:54 – 19:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:20 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 23:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:36 – 01:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:02 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:28 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:53 – 05:19 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
- 05:19 NowMercury
- 06:22 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:34 NowSun
- 11:37 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:22 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:19 NowMars
- 10:19 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:19 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 03:56 Aquarius
- 03:56 – 05:27 Pisces
- 05:27 – 07:08 Aries
- 07:08 – 09:06 Taurus
- 09:06 – 11:20 Gemini
- 11:20 – 13:35 Cancer
- 13:35 – 15:47 Leo
- 15:47 – 17:57 Virgo
- 17:57 – 20:11 Libra
- 20:11 – 22:27 Scorpio
- 22:27 – 00:32 next day Sagittarius
- 00:32 – 02:19 next day Capricorn
- 02:19 – 03:52 next day Aquarius
- 03:52 – 05:19 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