Kolkata panchang, 12 July 2028
Sunrise 05:00 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 21:48 Ashadha 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 18:23- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:41 – 08:21
- Gulika Kalam 10:01 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:15 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:08 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 13:22
- 08:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 08:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:15 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 16:57 Moon enters Pisces
Night
18:23 to 05:01 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 03:36 – 04:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:42 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 08:59
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 23:42 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Saubhagya until 11:15
- Karana Taitila until 08:59, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 08:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:15 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 16:57 Moon enters Pisces
- 22:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:42 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:41 – 08:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:01 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:15 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:22
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. 03:35 – 04:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:31
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:42 – 05:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:00 – 06:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:41 – 08:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:21 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:01 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Char | 15:02 – 16:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:43 – 18:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:23 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:43 – 21:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:02 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 23:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:42 – 01:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:02 – 02:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:21 – 03:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:41 – 05:01 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
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 06:00 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:35 – 05:22 Gemini
- 05:22 – 07:38 Cancer
- 07:38 – 09:49 Leo
- 09:49 – 11:59 Virgo
- 11:59 – 14:13 Libra
- 14:13 – 16:29 Scorpio
- 16:29 – 18:34 Sagittarius
- 18:34 – 20:21 Capricorn
- 20:21 – 21:54 Aquarius
- 21:54 – 23:26 Pisces
- 23:26 – 01:06 next day Aries
- 01:06 – 03:05 next day Taurus
- 03:05 – 05:01 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