Kolkata panchang, 18 August 2028
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 02:38 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 18:04- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:51 – 08:27
- Durmuhurta 07:49 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam 10:04 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 12:05 – 12:57
- Yamaganda 14:52 – 16:28
- 09:47 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:38 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:18 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:04 to 05:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 23:00 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 23:00
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 15:18 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 12:38
- Karana Gara until 12:26, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:47 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:38 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:18 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 23:00 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:49 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:57
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:38 – 09:07 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:28
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:00 – 09:27 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:18 – 05:16 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. 03:46 – 04:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:15 – 15:18
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:15 – 06:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:51 – 08:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:27 – 10:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:04 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:40 – 13:16 | Good |
| Rog | 13:16 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:52 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Char | 16:28 – 18:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:04 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:28 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:52 – 22:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:16 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:40 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:04 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:28 – 03:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:52 – 05:16 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
- 05:15 NowVenus
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:52 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowVenus
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 05:12 Cancer
- 05:12 – 07:23 Leo
- 07:23 – 09:33 Virgo
- 09:33 – 11:48 Libra
- 11:48 – 14:03 Scorpio
- 14:03 – 16:09 Sagittarius
- 16:09 – 17:56 Capricorn
- 17:56 – 19:29 Aquarius
- 19:29 – 21:00 Pisces
- 21:00 – 22:41 Aries
- 22:41 – 00:39 next day Taurus
- 00:39 – 02:52 next day Gemini
- 02:52 – 05:08 next day Cancer
- 05:08 – 05:16 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