Kolkata panchang, 23 May 2028
Sunrise 04:54 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 03:41 Vaishakha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:54 to 18:12- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:34 – 08:27
- Yamaganda 08:13 – 09:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 12:00
- Gulika Kalam 11:33 – 13:13
- Rahu Kalam 14:52 – 16:32
- 14:10 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 14:10 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 14:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:04 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
18:12 to 04:54 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 03:28 – 04:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:37 Moon enters Taurus
- 02:02 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 14:10
- Nakshatra Bharani until 14:30 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shobhana until 17:04
- Karana Shakuni until 14:10, then Chatushpada
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 14:10 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 14:10 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 14:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:04 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 20:37 Moon enters Taurus
- 02:02 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:34 – 08:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:13 – 09:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:32
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:04 – 19:28
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. 03:28 – 04:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:06 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:20
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:30 – 04:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 04:54 – 06:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:34 – 08:13 | Bad |
| Char | 08:13 – 09:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:53 – 11:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:33 – 13:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:13 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:52 – 16:32 | Good |
| Rog | 16:32 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:12 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:32 – 20:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:52 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:13 – 23:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:33 – 00:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:53 – 02:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:13 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:33 – 04:54 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
- 04:54 NowMars
- 06:00 NowSun
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:26 NowSaturn
- 11:33 NowJupiter
- 12:39 NowMars
- 13:46 NowSun
- 14:52 NowVenus
- 15:59 NowMercury
- 17:05 NowMoon
- 18:12 NowSaturn
- 19:05 NowJupiter
- 19:59 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:46 NowVenus
- 22:39 NowMercury
- 23:33 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:13 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMars
- 05:54 NowSun
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:54 NowVenus
- 14:54 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:28 – 04:27 Aries
- 04:27 – 06:25 Taurus
- 06:25 – 08:38 Gemini
- 08:38 – 10:54 Cancer
- 10:54 – 13:05 Leo
- 13:05 – 15:16 Virgo
- 15:16 – 17:30 Libra
- 17:30 – 19:45 Scorpio
- 19:45 – 21:51 Sagittarius
- 21:51 – 23:38 Capricorn
- 23:38 – 01:11 next day Aquarius
- 01:11 – 02:42 next day Pisces
- 02:42 – 04:23 next day Aries
- 04:23 – 04:54 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