Kolkata panchang, 4 May 2028
Sunrise 05:03 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 13:38 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:03 – 06:40
- Gulika Kalam 08:18 – 09:55
- Durmuhurta 09:23 – 10:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam 13:11 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:27
- 13:43 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 14:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:13 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:03 to 05:02 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 03:34 – 04:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 14:13
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 01:02 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 13:43
- Karana Gara until 14:13, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:43 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 14:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:03 – 06:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:18 – 09:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:23 – 10:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:43 – 17:19
- 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 00:54 – 06:33 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 01:02 – 05:02 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. 03:35 – 04:19
- 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 18:03 – 20:15
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:03 – 01:02 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:03 – 14:13
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:03 – 06:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:40 – 08:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:18 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Char | 09:55 – 11:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:33 – 13:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:11 – 14:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:48 – 16:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:26 – 18:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:03 – 19:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:26 – 20:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:48 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:10 – 23:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:33 – 00:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:55 – 02:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:17 – 03:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:40 – 05:02 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
- 05:03 NowJupiter
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:13 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:23 NowMercury
- 10:28 NowMoon
- 11:33 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:48 NowSun
- 15:53 NowVenus
- 16:58 NowMercury
- 18:03 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 19:53 NowJupiter
- 20:48 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:33 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMoon
- 01:22 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:12 NowMars
- 04:07 NowSun
- 05:03 NowJupiter
- 06:03 NowMars
- 07:03 NowSun
- 08:03 NowVenus
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 10:03 NowMoon
- 11:03 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:03 NowMars
- 14:03 NowSun
- 15:03 NowVenus
- 16:03 NowMercury
- 17:03 NowMoon
- 18:03 NowSaturn
- 19:03 NowJupiter
- 20:03 NowMars
- 21:03 NowSun
- 22:03 NowVenus
- 23:03 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMoon
- 01:03 NowSaturn
- 02:03 NowJupiter
- 03:03 NowMars
- 04:03 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:35 – 04:01 Pisces
- 04:01 – 05:41 Aries
- 05:41 – 07:40 Taurus
- 07:40 – 09:53 Gemini
- 09:53 – 12:09 Cancer
- 12:09 – 14:20 Leo
- 14:20 – 16:30 Virgo
- 16:30 – 18:44 Libra
- 18:44 – 21:00 Scorpio
- 21:00 – 23:05 Sagittarius
- 23:05 – 00:52 next day Capricorn
- 00:52 – 02:26 next day Aquarius
- 02:26 – 03:57 next day Pisces
- 03:57 – 05:02 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