Kolkata panchang, 30 April 2028
Sunrise 05:05 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 09:29 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:05 to 18:02- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:08 – 11:59
- Yamaganda 11:33 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam 14:47 – 16:25
- Durmuhurta 16:18 – 17:10
- Rahu Kalam 16:25 – 18:02
- 07:23 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:11 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:02 to 05:05 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 03:36 – 04:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:50 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 00:54 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 22:29
- Nakshatra Ardra until 07:23 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 00:50 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 11:11, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:23 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:50 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 00:54 next day Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:18 – 17:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:25 – 18:02
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:50 – 02:50 next day
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. 03:37 – 04:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:08 – 11:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:23 – 05:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:05 – 06:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:42 – 08:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:19 – 09:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:56 – 11:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:33 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:10 – 14:47 | Good |
| Rog | 14:47 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:25 – 18:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:02 – 19:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:24 – 20:47 | Good |
| Char | 20:47 – 22:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:10 – 23:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:33 – 00:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:56 – 02:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:19 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:42 – 05:05 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
- 05:05 NowSun
- 06:10 NowVenus
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:47 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:47 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:33 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowSun
- 06:05 NowVenus
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:37 – 04:16 Pisces
- 04:16 – 05:57 Aries
- 05:57 – 07:56 Taurus
- 07:56 – 10:09 Gemini
- 10:09 – 12:25 Cancer
- 12:25 – 14:36 Leo
- 14:36 – 16:46 Virgo
- 16:46 – 19:00 Libra
- 19:00 – 21:16 Scorpio
- 21:16 – 23:21 Sagittarius
- 23:21 – 01:08 next day Capricorn
- 01:08 – 02:41 next day Aquarius
- 02:41 – 04:13 next day Pisces
- 04:13 – 05:05 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