Kolkata panchang, 9 August 2028
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 20:20 Shravana month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:12 to 18:11- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:49 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:04 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:15 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 12:07 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:19
- 06:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 09:43 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:11 to 05:12 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 03:44 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 22:56
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 06:39 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 20:16
- Karana Bava until 09:43, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 09:43 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:49 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:15 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:19
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. 03:44 – 04:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:23
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:12 – 06:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:49 – 08:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:27 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:04 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:19 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Char | 14:56 – 16:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:34 – 18:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:11 – 19:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:34 – 20:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:56 – 22:19 | Good |
| Char | 22:19 – 23:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:42 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:04 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:27 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:50 – 05:12 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
- 05:12 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:22 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:12 NowMercury
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:12 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:44 – 05:47 Cancer
- 05:47 – 07:59 Leo
- 07:59 – 10:09 Virgo
- 10:09 – 12:23 Libra
- 12:23 – 14:39 Scorpio
- 14:39 – 16:44 Sagittarius
- 16:44 – 18:31 Capricorn
- 18:31 – 20:04 Aquarius
- 20:04 – 21:35 Pisces
- 21:35 – 23:16 Aries
- 23:16 – 01:14 next day Taurus
- 01:14 – 03:28 next day Gemini
- 03:28 – 05:12 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