Kolkata panchang, 6 May 2028
Sunrise 05:01 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 15:41 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:01 to 18:04- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:01 – 06:39
- Durmuhurta 05:01 – 05:54
- Durmuhurta 05:54 – 06:46
- Rahu Kalam 08:17 – 09:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:59
- Yamaganda 13:11 – 14:49
- 07:07 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 08:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 08:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:04 to 05:01 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:33 – 04:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:08 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 03:48 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 08:48
- Nakshatra Hasta until 21:08 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 07:07
- Karana Balava until 08:48, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:07 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 08:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 08:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:08 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 03:48 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:01 – 06:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:01 – 05:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:54 – 06:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:07 – 08:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 09:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:49
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:01 – 21:08
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 21:08 – 05:01 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. 03:34 – 04:18
- 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 18:04 – 20:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:08 – 05:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:01 – 06:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:39 – 08:17 | Good |
| Rog | 08:17 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:55 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Char | 11:33 – 13:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:11 – 14:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:49 – 16:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:26 – 18:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:04 – 19:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:26 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:48 – 22:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:10 – 23:33 | Good |
| Char | 23:33 – 00:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:55 – 02:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:17 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:39 – 05:01 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
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:22 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:33 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:54 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 18:04 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:54 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:33 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMercury
- 01:22 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:11 NowJupiter
- 04:06 NowMars
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 06:01 NowJupiter
- 07:01 NowMars
- 08:01 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 13:01 NowJupiter
- 14:01 NowMars
- 15:01 NowSun
- 16:01 NowVenus
- 17:01 NowMercury
- 18:01 NowMoon
- 19:01 NowSaturn
- 20:01 NowJupiter
- 21:01 NowMars
- 22:01 NowSun
- 23:01 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 01:01 NowMoon
- 02:01 NowSaturn
- 03:01 NowJupiter
- 04:01 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:34 – 03:53 Pisces
- 03:53 – 05:33 Aries
- 05:33 – 07:32 Taurus
- 07:32 – 09:45 Gemini
- 09:45 – 12:01 Cancer
- 12:01 – 14:12 Leo
- 14:12 – 16:22 Virgo
- 16:22 – 18:37 Libra
- 18:37 – 20:52 Scorpio
- 20:52 – 22:58 Sagittarius
- 22:58 – 00:44 next day Capricorn
- 00:44 – 02:18 next day Aquarius
- 02:18 – 03:49 next day Pisces
- 03:49 – 05:01 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