Kolkata panchang, 17 August 2028
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 01:34 Shravana month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:15 to 18:05- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:15 – 06:51
- Gulika Kalam 08:27 – 10:04
- Durmuhurta 09:32 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam 13:16 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta 14:40 – 15:31
- 14:51 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:42 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 17:00 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:05 to 05:15 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:43 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 01:43 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 01:43 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 17:00 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 15:42
- Karana Kaulava until 14:51, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 14:51 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:42 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 17:00 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 01:43 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 01:43 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:15 – 06:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 10:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:32 – 10:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:40 – 15:31
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:15 – 17:00
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. 03:46 – 04:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:05 – 20:19
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:00 – 05:15 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:00 – 05:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:15 – 06:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:51 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:27 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Char | 10:04 – 11:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:40 – 13:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:16 – 14:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:52 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:29 – 18:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:05 – 19:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:29 – 20:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:53 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:16 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:40 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:04 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:28 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:51 – 05:15 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
- 05:15 NowJupiter
- 06:19 NowMars
- 07:23 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:32 NowMercury
- 10:36 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:44 NowJupiter
- 13:48 NowMars
- 14:52 NowSun
- 15:57 NowVenus
- 17:01 NowMercury
- 18:05 NowMoon
- 19:01 NowSaturn
- 19:57 NowJupiter
- 20:53 NowMars
- 21:48 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:40 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMoon
- 01:32 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:23 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
- 05:15 NowJupiter
- 06:15 NowMars
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:15 NowMoon
- 11:15 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:15 NowSaturn
- 19:15 NowJupiter
- 20:15 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:15 NowVenus
- 23:15 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:15 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:15 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 05:16 Cancer
- 05:16 – 07:27 Leo
- 07:27 – 09:37 Virgo
- 09:37 – 11:52 Libra
- 11:52 – 14:07 Scorpio
- 14:07 – 16:13 Sagittarius
- 16:13 – 17:59 Capricorn
- 17:59 – 19:33 Aquarius
- 19:33 – 21:04 Pisces
- 21:04 – 22:45 Aries
- 22:45 – 00:43 next day Taurus
- 00:43 – 02:56 next day Gemini
- 02:56 – 05:12 next day Cancer
- 05:12 – 05:15 next day Leo
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