Kolkata panchang, 26 April 2028
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 05:46 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:08 to 18:00- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:45 – 08:21
- Gulika Kalam 09:57 – 11:34
- Durmuhurta 11:08 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:08 – 12:00 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:34 – 13:10
- 06:56 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 09:04 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:07 Moon enters Taurus
- 13:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:00 to 05:07 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 03:38 – 04:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 01:47 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 01:47 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 06:56 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 09:04
- Karana Balava until 13:49, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:56 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 09:04 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:07 Moon enters Taurus
- 13:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 01:47 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:45 – 08:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:57 – 11:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:08 – 12:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:34 – 13:10
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:08 – 06:56
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. 03:39 – 04:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:08 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:08 – 01:47 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:56 – 05:07 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:56 – 05:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:08 – 06:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:45 – 08:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:21 – 09:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:57 – 11:34 | Good |
| Rog | 11:34 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:10 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:23 – 18:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:00 – 19:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:23 – 20:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:47 – 22:10 | Good |
| Char | 22:10 – 23:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:34 – 00:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:57 – 02:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:20 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:44 – 05:07 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
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:34 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:34 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:39 – 04:32 Pisces
- 04:32 – 06:13 Aries
- 06:13 – 08:11 Taurus
- 08:11 – 10:25 Gemini
- 10:25 – 12:40 Cancer
- 12:40 – 14:52 Leo
- 14:52 – 17:02 Virgo
- 17:02 – 19:16 Libra
- 19:16 – 21:32 Scorpio
- 21:32 – 23:37 Sagittarius
- 23:37 – 01:24 next day Capricorn
- 01:24 – 02:57 next day Aquarius
- 02:57 – 04:28 next day Pisces
- 04:28 – 05:07 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