Kolkata panchang, 2 May 2028
Sunrise 05:04 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 11:35 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:04 to 18:02- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:40 – 08:31
- Yamaganda 08:19 – 09:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:59
- Gulika Kalam 11:33 – 13:10
- Rahu Kalam 14:48 – 16:25
- 05:42 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 07:55 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:02 to 05:03 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 03:35 – 04:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 18:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:44 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 04:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 04:24 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 18:55
- Nakshatra Pushya until 05:42 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 19:44
- Karana Vishti until 07:55, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:42 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 07:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 18:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:44 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 04:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 04:24 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:51 – 07:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:40 – 08:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:19 – 09:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:25
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 09:12 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 08:13 – 10:10
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 – 20:15
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:04 – 18:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:42 – 04:24 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:24 – 05:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:04 – 06:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:41 – 08:19 | Bad |
| Char | 08:19 – 09:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:56 – 11:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:33 – 13:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:10 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:48 – 16:25 | Good |
| Rog | 16:25 – 18:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:02 – 19:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:25 – 20:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:48 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:10 – 23:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:33 – 00:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:55 – 02:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:18 – 03:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:41 – 05:03 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
- 05:04 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:23 NowMoon
- 10:28 NowSaturn
- 11:33 NowJupiter
- 12:38 NowMars
- 13:43 NowSun
- 14:48 NowVenus
- 15:53 NowMercury
- 16:58 NowMoon
- 18:02 NowSaturn
- 18:58 NowJupiter
- 19:53 NowMars
- 20:48 NowSun
- 21:43 NowVenus
- 22:38 NowMercury
- 23:33 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSaturn
- 01:23 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:04 NowMars
- 06:04 NowSun
- 07:04 NowVenus
- 08:04 NowMercury
- 09:04 NowMoon
- 10:04 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:04 NowVenus
- 15:04 NowMercury
- 16:04 NowMoon
- 17:04 NowSaturn
- 18:04 NowJupiter
- 19:04 NowMars
- 20:04 NowSun
- 21:04 NowVenus
- 22:04 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 03:04 NowSun
- 04:04 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:36 – 04:09 Pisces
- 04:09 – 05:49 Aries
- 05:49 – 07:48 Taurus
- 07:48 – 10:01 Gemini
- 10:01 – 12:17 Cancer
- 12:17 – 14:28 Leo
- 14:28 – 16:38 Virgo
- 16:38 – 18:52 Libra
- 18:52 – 21:08 Scorpio
- 21:08 – 23:13 Sagittarius
- 23:13 – 01:00 next day Capricorn
- 01:00 – 02:34 next day Aquarius
- 02:34 – 04:05 next day Pisces
- 04:05 – 05:03 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