Kolkata panchang, 16 May 2028
Sunrise 04:56 Sunset 18:09 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:56 to 18:09- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:35 – 08:28
- Yamaganda 08:14 – 09:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Gulika Kalam 11:33 – 13:12
- Rahu Kalam 14:51 – 16:30
- 12:30 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:35 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:09 to 04:56 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:30 – 04:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 05:27 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 02:01 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 15:35
- Karana Balava until 16:13, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 12:30 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:35 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:35 – 08:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:30
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:56 – 02:01 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:01 – 04:56 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. 03:30 – 04:13
- 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 18:09 – 20:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:56 – 04:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 04:56 – 06:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:35 – 08:14 | Bad |
| Char | 08:14 – 09:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:54 – 11:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:33 – 13:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:12 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:51 – 16:30 | Good |
| Rog | 16:30 – 18:09 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:09 – 19:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:30 – 20:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:51 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:11 – 23:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:32 – 00:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:53 – 02:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:14 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:35 – 04:56 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
- 04:56 NowMars
- 06:02 NowSun
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:33 NowJupiter
- 12:39 NowMars
- 13:45 NowSun
- 14:51 NowVenus
- 15:57 NowMercury
- 17:03 NowMoon
- 18:09 NowSaturn
- 19:03 NowJupiter
- 19:57 NowMars
- 20:51 NowSun
- 21:44 NowVenus
- 22:38 NowMercury
- 23:32 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 04:56 NowMars
- 05:56 NowSun
- 06:56 NowVenus
- 07:56 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 12:56 NowSun
- 13:56 NowVenus
- 14:56 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 17:56 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 22:56 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:56 NowMars
- 02:56 NowSun
- 03:56 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:30 – 04:54 Aries
- 04:54 – 06:53 Taurus
- 06:53 – 09:06 Gemini
- 09:06 – 11:22 Cancer
- 11:22 – 13:33 Leo
- 13:33 – 15:43 Virgo
- 15:43 – 17:57 Libra
- 17:57 – 20:13 Scorpio
- 20:13 – 22:18 Sagittarius
- 22:18 – 00:05 next day Capricorn
- 00:05 – 01:39 next day Aquarius
- 01:39 – 03:10 next day Pisces
- 03:10 – 04:50 next day Aries
- 04:50 – 04:56 next day Taurus
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