Kolkata panchang, 16 April 2028
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 17:56 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:16 to 17:56- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 12:01
- Yamaganda 11:36 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:21
- Durmuhurta 16:15 – 17:05
- Rahu Kalam 16:21 – 17:56
- 09:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 16:14 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:56 to 05:15 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 09:10
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 09:39 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 05:41 next day
- Karana Bava until 09:10, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 16:14 Moon enters Capricorn
- 22:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:36 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:15 – 17:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:21 – 17:56
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. 03:45 – 04:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:11 – 12:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:16 – 09:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:39 – 05:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:16 – 06:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:51 – 08:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:26 – 10:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:01 – 11:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:36 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:11 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:21 – 17:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:56 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:21 – 20:46 | Good |
| Char | 20:46 – 22:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:11 – 23:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:36 – 01:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:00 – 02:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:25 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:50 – 05:15 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
- 05:16 NowSun
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:36 NowMars
- 12:39 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:49 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:56 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:36 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowSun
- 06:16 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 05:12 Pisces
- 05:12 – 06:52 Aries
- 06:52 – 08:51 Taurus
- 08:51 – 11:04 Gemini
- 11:04 – 13:20 Cancer
- 13:20 – 15:31 Leo
- 15:31 – 17:41 Virgo
- 17:41 – 19:55 Libra
- 19:55 – 22:11 Scorpio
- 22:11 – 00:16 next day Sagittarius
- 00:16 – 02:03 next day Capricorn
- 02:03 – 03:36 next day Aquarius
- 03:36 – 05:08 next day Pisces
- 05:08 – 05:15 next day Aries
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