Kolkata panchang, 8 May 2028
Sunrise 05:00 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 17:48 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:00 to 18:05- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:38 – 08:16
- Yamaganda 09:55 – 11:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam 13:11 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:28
- 14:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:42 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:05 to 05:00 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 03:32 – 04:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:40 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 01:18 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 01:18 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 01:18 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 17:42 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 21:40
- Karana Vishti until 14:23, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:42 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 21:40 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 01:18 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 01:18 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:38 – 08:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:28
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
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:00 – 06:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:38 – 08:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:16 – 09:55 | Good |
| Rog | 09:55 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:33 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Char | 13:11 – 14:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:49 – 16:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:27 – 18:05 | Good |
| Char | 18:05 – 19:27 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:27 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:49 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:11 – 23:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:32 – 00:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:54 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:16 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:38 – 05:00 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:22 NowSun
- 10:27 NowVenus
- 11:33 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:54 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:43 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:32 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:27 NowVenus
- 01:22 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:11 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 09:00 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 17:00 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 19:00 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 21:00 NowJupiter
- 22:00 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:33 – 03:45 Pisces
- 03:45 – 05:26 Aries
- 05:26 – 07:24 Taurus
- 07:24 – 09:37 Gemini
- 09:37 – 11:53 Cancer
- 11:53 – 14:04 Leo
- 14:04 – 16:15 Virgo
- 16:15 – 18:29 Libra
- 18:29 – 20:44 Scorpio
- 20:44 – 22:50 Sagittarius
- 22:50 – 00:37 next day Capricorn
- 00:37 – 02:10 next day Aquarius
- 02:10 – 03:41 next day Pisces
- 03:41 – 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