Kolkata panchang, 21 April 2028
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 02:48 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:12 to 17:58- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:48 – 08:23
- Durmuhurta 07:45 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam 09:59 – 11:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:09 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 12:00 – 12:51
- Yamaganda 14:46 – 16:22
- 07:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:28 Yoga becomes Indra
- 17:28 Moon enters Pisces
Night
17:58 to 05:11 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 03:41 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 21:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 21:04
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 00:08 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 09:28
- Karana Kaulava until 07:58, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:28 Yoga becomes Indra
- 17:28 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 21:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:48 – 08:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:45 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:00 – 12:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:22
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. 03:42 – 04:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:09 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:13
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:12 – 06:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:48 – 08:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:23 – 09:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:59 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:35 – 13:11 | Good |
| Rog | 13:11 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Char | 16:22 – 17:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:58 – 19:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:22 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:46 – 22:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:10 – 23:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:34 – 00:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:59 – 02:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:23 – 03:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:47 – 05:11 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
- 05:12 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowVenus
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:42 – 04:52 Pisces
- 04:52 – 06:32 Aries
- 06:32 – 08:31 Taurus
- 08:31 – 10:44 Gemini
- 10:44 – 13:00 Cancer
- 13:00 – 15:11 Leo
- 15:11 – 17:21 Virgo
- 17:21 – 19:36 Libra
- 19:36 – 21:51 Scorpio
- 21:51 – 23:56 Sagittarius
- 23:56 – 01:43 next day Capricorn
- 01:43 – 03:17 next day Aquarius
- 03:17 – 04:48 next day Pisces
- 04:48 – 05:11 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