Kolkata panchang, 20 July 2028
Sunrise 05:04 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 02:49 Ashadha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:04 to 18:21- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:04 – 06:43
- Gulika Kalam 08:23 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta 09:29 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta 14:48 – 15:42
- 07:36 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 08:08 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 13:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 13:37 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:21 to 05:04 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 03:38 – 04:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
- 04:48 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 13:37
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 08:08 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 07:36
- Karana Vanija until 13:37, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:36 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 08:08 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 13:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 13:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
- 04:48 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:04 – 06:43
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:36 – 11:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:29 – 10:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:48 – 15:42
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:04 – 08:08
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:08 – 05:04 next day
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. 03:38 – 04:21
- 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 18:21 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:04 – 06:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:43 – 08:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:23 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Char | 10:03 – 11:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:42 – 13:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:22 – 15:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:02 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:41 – 18:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:21 – 19:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:41 – 21:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:02 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:43 – 01:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:03 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:23 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:44 – 05:04 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
- 05:04 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMars
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:23 NowVenus
- 09:29 NowMercury
- 10:36 NowMoon
- 11:42 NowSaturn
- 12:49 NowJupiter
- 13:55 NowMars
- 15:02 NowSun
- 16:08 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:21 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 21:02 NowMars
- 21:55 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- 23:43 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMoon
- 01:30 NowSaturn
- 02:23 NowJupiter
- 03:17 NowMars
- 04:10 NowSun
- 05:04 NowJupiter
- 06:04 NowMars
- 07:04 NowSun
- 08:04 NowVenus
- 09:04 NowMercury
- 10:04 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 12:04 NowJupiter
- 13:04 NowMars
- 14:04 NowSun
- 15:04 NowVenus
- 16:04 NowMercury
- 17:04 NowMoon
- 18:04 NowSaturn
- 19:04 NowJupiter
- 20:04 NowMars
- 21:04 NowSun
- 22:04 NowVenus
- 23:04 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 03:04 NowMars
- 04:04 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:38 – 04:50 Gemini
- 04:50 – 07:06 Cancer
- 07:06 – 09:17 Leo
- 09:17 – 11:28 Virgo
- 11:28 – 13:42 Libra
- 13:42 – 15:57 Scorpio
- 15:57 – 18:03 Sagittarius
- 18:03 – 19:50 Capricorn
- 19:50 – 21:23 Aquarius
- 21:23 – 22:54 Pisces
- 22:54 – 00:35 next day Aries
- 00:35 – 02:33 next day Taurus
- 02:33 – 04:46 next day Gemini
- 04:46 – 05:04 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