Kolkata panchang, 23 July 2028
Sunrise 05:05 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 06:07 Shravana month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:05 to 18:20- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:09
- Yamaganda 11:42 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 15:01 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta 16:34 – 17:27
- Rahu Kalam 16:41 – 18:20
- 05:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:26 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:20 to 05:05 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 03:39 – 04:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 00:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 00:10 next day Moon enters Leo
- 02:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 05:26
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 00:10 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 18:21
- Karana Bava until 05:26, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 05:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:26 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 00:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 00:10 next day Moon enters Leo
- 02:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:34 – 17:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:41 – 18:20
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:21 – 14:34 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. 03:39 – 04:22
- 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 18:20 – 20:29
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:05 – 06:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:44 – 08:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:24 – 10:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:03 – 11:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:42 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:22 – 15:01 | Good |
| Rog | 15:01 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:41 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:20 – 19:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:41 – 21:01 | Good |
| Char | 21:01 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:43 – 01:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:03 – 02:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:24 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:45 – 05:05 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
- 05:05 NowSun
- 06:11 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 16:07 NowMoon
- 17:14 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:14 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 21:55 NowMercury
- 22:49 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowSun
- 06:05 NowVenus
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:39 – 04:39 Gemini
- 04:39 – 06:54 Cancer
- 06:54 – 09:06 Leo
- 09:06 – 11:16 Virgo
- 11:16 – 13:30 Libra
- 13:30 – 15:46 Scorpio
- 15:46 – 17:51 Sagittarius
- 17:51 – 19:38 Capricorn
- 19:38 – 21:11 Aquarius
- 21:11 – 22:42 Pisces
- 22:42 – 00:23 next day Aries
- 00:23 – 02:21 next day Taurus
- 02:21 – 04:35 next day Gemini
- 04:35 – 05:05 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