Kolkata panchang, 1 May 2028
Sunrise 05:05 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 10:32 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:42 – 08:19
- Yamaganda 09:56 – 11:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam 13:10 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:27
- 06:42 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 09:42 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:02 to 05:04 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 03:36 – 04:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:24 Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 20:51
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 06:42 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 22:24
- Karana Gara until 09:42, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:42 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 09:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:24 Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:42 – 08:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:56 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:27
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:51 – 07:55 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:24 – 00:48 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. 03:36 – 04:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:07 – 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 05:05 – 06:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:42 – 05:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:05 – 06:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:42 – 08:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:19 – 09:56 | Good |
| Rog | 09:56 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:33 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Char | 13:10 – 14:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:48 – 16:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:25 – 18:02 | Good |
| Char | 18:02 – 19:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:25 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:47 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:10 – 23:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:33 – 00:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:56 – 02:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:18 – 03:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:41 – 05:04 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:33 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:43 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:33 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:05 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:05 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:05 NowMercury
- 19:05 NowMoon
- 20:05 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:05 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:36 – 04:13 Pisces
- 04:13 – 05:53 Aries
- 05:53 – 07:52 Taurus
- 07:52 – 10:05 Gemini
- 10:05 – 12:21 Cancer
- 12:21 – 14:32 Leo
- 14:32 – 16:42 Virgo
- 16:42 – 18:56 Libra
- 18:56 – 21:12 Scorpio
- 21:12 – 23:17 Sagittarius
- 23:17 – 01:04 next day Capricorn
- 01:04 – 02:37 next day Aquarius
- 02:37 – 04:09 next day Pisces
- 04:09 – 05:04 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