Kolkata panchang, 19 April 2028
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 01:45 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:13 to 17:57- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:49 – 08:24
- Gulika Kalam 10:00 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta 11:10 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 12:01 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:35 – 13:11
- 07:33 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 16:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:14 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:57 to 05:13 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 03:43 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:19 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 16:14
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 18:19 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 07:33
- Karana Vishti until 16:14, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:33 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 16:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:19 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:45 – 16:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:49 – 08:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:10 – 12:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:11
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:13 – 18:19
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 04:57 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 05:13 – 06:05
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. 03:43 – 04:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:10 – 12:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:12
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:13 – 06:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:49 – 08:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:24 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:00 – 11:35 | Good |
| Rog | 11:35 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:22 – 17:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:57 – 19:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:22 – 20:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:46 – 22:10 | Good |
| Char | 22:10 – 23:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:35 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:59 – 02:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:24 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:48 – 05:13 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
- 05:13 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowMercury
- 06:13 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:43 – 05:00 Pisces
- 05:00 – 06:40 Aries
- 06:40 – 08:39 Taurus
- 08:39 – 10:52 Gemini
- 10:52 – 13:08 Cancer
- 13:08 – 15:19 Leo
- 15:19 – 17:29 Virgo
- 17:29 – 19:43 Libra
- 19:43 – 21:59 Scorpio
- 21:59 – 00:04 next day Sagittarius
- 00:04 – 01:51 next day Capricorn
- 01:51 – 03:25 next day Aquarius
- 03:25 – 04:56 next day Pisces
- 04:56 – 05:13 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