Kolkata panchang, 16 August 2028
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 00:33 Shravana month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:14 to 18:06- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:51 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:04 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:40 – 13:17
- 06:17 Moon enters Gemini
- 16:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:02 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
18:06 to 05:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 03:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 03:49 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 18:02 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 18:12
- Karana Bava until 16:36, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:17 Moon enters Gemini
- 16:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:02 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 03:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:14 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:17
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:12 – 19:24
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. 03:45 – 04:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:20
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:14 – 18:02
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:49 – 05:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:14 – 06:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:51 – 08:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:27 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:04 – 11:40 | Good |
| Rog | 11:40 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:17 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Char | 14:53 – 16:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:29 – 18:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:06 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:29 – 20:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:53 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:40 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:04 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:28 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:51 – 05:15 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
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:14 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 05:20 Cancer
- 05:20 – 07:31 Leo
- 07:31 – 09:41 Virgo
- 09:41 – 11:56 Libra
- 11:56 – 14:11 Scorpio
- 14:11 – 16:16 Sagittarius
- 16:16 – 18:03 Capricorn
- 18:03 – 19:37 Aquarius
- 19:37 – 21:08 Pisces
- 21:08 – 22:49 Aries
- 22:49 – 00:47 next day Taurus
- 00:47 – 03:00 next day Gemini
- 03:00 – 05:15 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