Kolkata panchang, 8 July 2028
Sunrise 04:59 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 19:38 Ashadha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:59 to 18:24- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 04:59 – 06:39
- Durmuhurta 04:59 – 05:52
- Durmuhurta 05:52 – 06:46
- Rahu Kalam 08:20 – 10:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:08
- Yamaganda 13:22 – 15:02
- 08:18 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:39 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 13:30 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:24 to 04:59 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 03:34 – 04:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:20 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 02:20 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 02:20 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 12:39 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 08:18
- Karana Taitila until 13:30, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:18 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:39 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 13:30 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:20 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 02:20 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:16 – 08:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:59 – 06:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 04:59 – 05:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:52 – 06:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:18 – 09:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 10:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 15:02
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. 03:34 – 04:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:31
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:39 – 04:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 04:59 – 06:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:39 – 08:20 | Good |
| Rog | 08:20 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:01 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Char | 11:41 – 13:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:22 – 15:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:02 – 16:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:43 – 18:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:24 – 19:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:43 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:02 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 23:41 | Good |
| Char | 23:41 – 01:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:01 – 02:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:20 – 03:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:40 – 04:59 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
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 06:06 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMars
- 08:20 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:41 NowMoon
- 12:48 NowSaturn
- 13:55 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 16:09 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:24 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:02 NowJupiter
- 21:55 NowMars
- 22:48 NowSun
- 23:41 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:20 NowSaturn
- 03:13 NowJupiter
- 04:06 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 08:59 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 12:59 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 14:59 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:59 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 20:59 NowMars
- 21:59 NowSun
- 22:59 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 01:59 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:34 – 05:38 Gemini
- 05:38 – 07:53 Cancer
- 07:53 – 10:05 Leo
- 10:05 – 12:15 Virgo
- 12:15 – 14:29 Libra
- 14:29 – 16:45 Scorpio
- 16:45 – 18:50 Sagittarius
- 18:50 – 20:37 Capricorn
- 20:37 – 22:10 Aquarius
- 22:10 – 23:41 Pisces
- 23:41 – 01:22 next day Aries
- 01:22 – 03:20 next day Taurus
- 03:20 – 04:59 next day Gemini
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