Kolkata panchang, 7 May 2028
Sunrise 05:01 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 16:44 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 18:05- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:59
- Yamaganda 11:33 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 14:49 – 16:27
- Durmuhurta 16:20 – 17:12
- Rahu Kalam 16:27 – 18:05
- 06:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 06:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:11 Moon enters Libra
- 16:47 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:05 to 05:00 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:33 – 04:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:17 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:37 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 03:33 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 06:06
- Nakshatra Chitra until 19:17 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddhi until 00:37 next day
- Karana Taitila until 06:06, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 06:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:11 Moon enters Libra
- 16:47 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:17 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:37 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 03:33 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:20 – 17:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:27 – 18:05
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:37 – 21:40 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. 03:33 – 04:17
- 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 18:05 – 20:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:01 – 19:17
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:01 – 06:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:39 – 08:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:17 – 09:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:55 – 11:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:33 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:11 – 14:49 | Good |
| Rog | 14:49 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:27 – 18:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:05 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:27 – 20:49 | Good |
| Char | 20:49 – 22:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:11 – 23:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:32 – 00:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:54 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:16 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:38 – 05:00 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 NowSun
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:49 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:59 NowSaturn
- 18:05 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:49 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:32 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowSun
- 06:01 NowVenus
- 07:01 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:01 NowMercury
- 15:01 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 18:01 NowMars
- 19:01 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 21:01 NowMercury
- 22:01 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:33 – 03:49 Pisces
- 03:49 – 05:30 Aries
- 05:30 – 07:28 Taurus
- 07:28 – 09:41 Gemini
- 09:41 – 11:57 Cancer
- 11:57 – 14:08 Leo
- 14:08 – 16:18 Virgo
- 16:18 – 18:33 Libra
- 18:33 – 20:48 Scorpio
- 20:48 – 22:54 Sagittarius
- 22:54 – 00:40 next day Capricorn
- 00:40 – 02:14 next day Aquarius
- 02:14 – 03:45 next day Pisces
- 03:45 – 05:00 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