Kolkata panchang, 26 July 2028
Sunrise 05:06 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 09:18 Shravana month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:06 to 18:19- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:45 – 08:24
- Gulika Kalam 10:03 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:16 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:09 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 13:22
- 06:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 07:17 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 16:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 16:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:12 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
18:19 to 05:07 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 03:40 – 04:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:58 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 16:46
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 17:12 · lord Sun
- Yoga Parigha until 07:17
- Karana Bava until 06:12, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 07:17 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 16:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 16:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:12 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:58 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:45 – 08:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:03 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:16 – 12:09
- 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. 03:40 – 04:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:19 – 20:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:12 – 05:07 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:12 – 05:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:06 – 06:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:45 – 08:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:24 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:03 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Char | 15:01 – 16:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:40 – 18:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:19 – 19:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:40 – 21:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:01 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 23:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:43 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:04 – 02:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:25 – 03:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:46 – 05:07 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
- 05:06 NowMercury
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
- 05:06 NowMercury
- 06:06 NowMoon
- 07:06 NowSaturn
- 08:06 NowJupiter
- 09:06 NowMars
- 10:06 NowSun
- 11:06 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 13:06 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:06 NowJupiter
- 16:06 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:06 NowVenus
- 19:06 NowMercury
- 20:06 NowMoon
- 21:06 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 23:06 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSun
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:06 NowMercury
- 03:06 NowMoon
- 04:06 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:40 – 04:27 Gemini
- 04:27 – 06:42 Cancer
- 06:42 – 08:54 Leo
- 08:54 – 11:04 Virgo
- 11:04 – 13:18 Libra
- 13:18 – 15:34 Scorpio
- 15:34 – 17:39 Sagittarius
- 17:39 – 19:26 Capricorn
- 19:26 – 20:59 Aquarius
- 20:59 – 22:30 Pisces
- 22:30 – 00:11 next day Aries
- 00:11 – 02:10 next day Taurus
- 02:10 – 04:23 next day Gemini
- 04:23 – 05:07 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