Kolkata panchang, 12 May 2028
Sunrise 04:58 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 21:42 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:58 to 18:07- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:37 – 08:15
- Durmuhurta 07:36 – 08:29
- Rahu Kalam 09:54 – 11:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:51
- Yamaganda 14:50 – 16:28
- 09:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:22 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 16:41 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
18:07 to 04:58 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 03:31 – 04:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 22:08
- Nakshatra Mula until 16:41 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 14:22
- Karana Bava until 09:54, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:22 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 16:41 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 22:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:37 – 08:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:36 – 08:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:28
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. 03:31 – 04:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:06 – 11:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:17
Choghadiya
| Char | 04:58 – 06:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:37 – 08:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:15 – 09:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:54 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:33 – 13:11 | Good |
| Rog | 13:11 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:50 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Char | 16:28 – 18:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:07 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:28 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:50 – 22:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:11 – 23:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:32 – 00:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:54 – 02:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:15 – 03:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:36 – 04:58 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
- 04:58 NowVenus
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:01 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowVenus
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:31 – 05:10 Aries
- 05:10 – 07:08 Taurus
- 07:08 – 09:22 Gemini
- 09:22 – 11:37 Cancer
- 11:37 – 13:49 Leo
- 13:49 – 15:59 Virgo
- 15:59 – 18:13 Libra
- 18:13 – 20:29 Scorpio
- 20:29 – 22:34 Sagittarius
- 22:34 – 00:21 next day Capricorn
- 00:21 – 01:54 next day Aquarius
- 01:54 – 03:25 next day Pisces
- 03:25 – 04:58 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