Kolkata panchang, 17 July 2028
Sunrise 05:02 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 00:10 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:42 – 08:22
- Yamaganda 10:02 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam 13:22 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta 14:49 – 15:42
- 08:25 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:49 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 14:39 Moon enters Taurus
- 16:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:46 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:22 to 05:03 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 03:37 – 04:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:42 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 16:46
- Nakshatra Bharani until 08:25 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 12:49
- Karana Vishti until 16:46, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:25 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:49 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 14:39 Moon enters Taurus
- 16:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:42 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:42 – 08:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:02 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 13:02
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:49 – 15:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:49 – 15:42
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 – 04:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:16 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:02 – 06:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:42 – 08:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:22 – 10:02 | Good |
| Rog | 10:02 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:42 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Char | 13:22 – 15:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:02 – 16:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:42 – 18:22 | Good |
| Char | 18:22 – 19:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:42 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:02 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:22 – 23:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:42 – 01:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:02 – 02:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:23 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:43 – 05:03 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:22 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:49 NowMoon
- 13:55 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:22 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:49 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 06:02 NowSaturn
- 07:02 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:02 NowSaturn
- 14:02 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 16:02 NowSun
- 17:02 NowVenus
- 18:02 NowMercury
- 19:02 NowMoon
- 20:02 NowSaturn
- 21:02 NowJupiter
- 22:02 NowMars
- 23:02 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:37 – 05:02 Gemini
- 05:02 – 07:18 Cancer
- 07:18 – 09:29 Leo
- 09:29 – 11:39 Virgo
- 11:39 – 13:53 Libra
- 13:53 – 16:09 Scorpio
- 16:09 – 18:14 Sagittarius
- 18:14 – 20:01 Capricorn
- 20:01 – 21:35 Aquarius
- 21:35 – 23:06 Pisces
- 23:06 – 00:46 next day Aries
- 00:46 – 02:45 next day Taurus
- 02:45 – 04:58 next day Gemini
- 04:58 – 05:03 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