Kolkata panchang, 16 July 2028
Sunrise 05:02 Sunset 18:22 Ashadha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:02 to 18:22- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:09
- Yamaganda 11:42 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 15:02 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta 16:36 – 17:29
- Rahu Kalam 16:42 – 18:22
- 07:05 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 13:23 Yoga becomes Shula
- 16:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 16:21 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:22 to 05:02 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 03:37 – 04:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:39 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 16:21
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 07:05 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhriti until 13:23
- Karana Gara until 16:21, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Gemini
- 07:05 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 13:23 Yoga becomes Shula
- 16:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 16:21 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:39 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:22
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:23 – 15:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:36 – 17:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:42 – 18:22
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:05 – 05:02 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 22:25 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 21:21 – 23:28
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. 03:37 – 04:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:02 – 07:05
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:02 – 06:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:42 – 08:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:22 – 10:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:02 – 11:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:42 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:22 – 15:02 | Good |
| Rog | 15:02 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:42 – 18:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:22 – 19:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:42 – 21:02 | Good |
| Char | 21:02 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:42 – 01:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:02 – 02:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:22 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:42 – 05:02 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
- 05:02 NowSun
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 15:02 NowMercury
- 16:09 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:22 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:02 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 22:49 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:22 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowSun
- 06:02 NowVenus
- 07:02 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:02 NowMars
- 19:02 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:37 – 05:06 Gemini
- 05:06 – 07:22 Cancer
- 07:22 – 09:33 Leo
- 09:33 – 11:43 Virgo
- 11:43 – 13:57 Libra
- 13:57 – 16:13 Scorpio
- 16:13 – 18:18 Sagittarius
- 18:18 – 20:05 Capricorn
- 20:05 – 21:39 Aquarius
- 21:39 – 23:10 Pisces
- 23:10 – 00:50 next day Aries
- 00:50 – 02:49 next day Taurus
- 02:49 – 05:02 next day Gemini
- 05:02 – 05:02 next day Cancer
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