Kolkata panchang, 20 April 2028
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 02:17 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:13 – 06:48
- Gulika Kalam 08:24 – 09:59
- Durmuhurta 09:28 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 12:01
- Rahu Kalam 13:11 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:25
- 05:32 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:35 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
17:57 to 05:12 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 03:42 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 18:47 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:22 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 18:47
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:22 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 08:35
- Karana Bava until 05:32, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:32 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:35 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 18:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 18:47 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:22 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:13 – 06:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 09:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:28 – 10:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:25
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 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
| Shubh | 05:13 – 06:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:48 – 08:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:24 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Char | 09:59 – 11:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:35 – 13:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:11 – 14:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:46 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:22 – 17:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:57 – 19:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:22 – 20:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:46 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:10 – 23:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:35 – 00:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:59 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:23 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:48 – 05:12 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
- 05:13 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMars
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:24 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:31 NowMoon
- 11:35 NowSaturn
- 12:39 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:46 NowSun
- 15:50 NowVenus
- 16:54 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 18:54 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:46 NowMars
- 21:42 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:35 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:23 NowJupiter
- 03:19 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:13 NowJupiter
- 06:13 NowMars
- 07:13 NowSun
- 08:13 NowVenus
- 09:13 NowMercury
- 10:13 NowMoon
- 11:13 NowSaturn
- 12:13 NowJupiter
- 13:13 NowMars
- 14:13 NowSun
- 15:13 NowVenus
- 16:13 NowMercury
- 17:13 NowMoon
- 18:13 NowSaturn
- 19:13 NowJupiter
- 20:13 NowMars
- 21:13 NowSun
- 22:13 NowVenus
- 23:13 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMoon
- 01:13 NowSaturn
- 02:13 NowJupiter
- 03:13 NowMars
- 04:13 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:43 – 04:56 Pisces
- 04:56 – 06:36 Aries
- 06:36 – 08:35 Taurus
- 08:35 – 10:48 Gemini
- 10:48 – 13:04 Cancer
- 13:04 – 15:15 Leo
- 15:15 – 17:25 Virgo
- 17:25 – 19:39 Libra
- 19:39 – 21:55 Scorpio
- 21:55 – 00:00 next day Sagittarius
- 00:00 – 01:47 next day Capricorn
- 01:47 – 03:21 next day Aquarius
- 03:21 – 04:52 next day Pisces
- 04:52 – 05:12 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