Kolkata panchang, 3 May 2028
Sunrise 05:03 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 12:37 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:03 to 18:03- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:41 – 08:18
- Gulika Kalam 09:56 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta 11:07 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:59 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:33 – 13:11
- 05:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 16:41 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:50 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
18:03 to 05:03 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 03:35 – 04:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 03:29 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 16:41
- Nakshatra Magha until 02:49 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 16:50
- Karana Balava until 05:50, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 16:41 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:50 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 03:29 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:41 – 08:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:56 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:07 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:11
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. 03:35 – 04:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:03 – 20:15
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:03 – 05:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:03 – 06:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:41 – 08:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:18 – 09:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:56 – 11:33 | Good |
| Rog | 11:33 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Char | 14:48 – 16:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:25 – 18:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:03 – 19:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:25 – 20:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:48 – 22:10 | Good |
| Char | 22:10 – 23:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:33 – 00:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:55 – 02:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:18 – 03:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:40 – 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
- 05:03 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:33 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:03 NowMercury
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 07:03 NowSaturn
- 08:03 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:03 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:03 NowMoon
- 14:03 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 16:03 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:03 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 20:03 NowMoon
- 21:03 NowSaturn
- 22:03 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:03 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:35 – 04:05 Pisces
- 04:05 – 05:45 Aries
- 05:45 – 07:44 Taurus
- 07:44 – 09:57 Gemini
- 09:57 – 12:13 Cancer
- 12:13 – 14:24 Leo
- 14:24 – 16:34 Virgo
- 16:34 – 18:48 Libra
- 18:48 – 21:04 Scorpio
- 21:04 – 23:09 Sagittarius
- 23:09 – 00:56 next day Capricorn
- 00:56 – 02:30 next day Aquarius
- 02:30 – 04:01 next day Pisces
- 04:01 – 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