Kolkata panchang, 20 August 2028
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 04:51 Shravana month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:16 to 18:03- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:05
- Yamaganda 11:39 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 14:51 – 16:27
- Durmuhurta 16:20 – 17:11
- Rahu Kalam 16:27 – 18:03
- 06:02 Karana becomes Naga
- 10:23 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 10:23 Moon enters Leo
- 16:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 16:13 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:03 to 05:16 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:07 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 02:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 16:13
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 10:23 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 01:07 next day
- Karana Chatushpada until 06:02, then Naga
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:02 Karana becomes Naga
- 10:23 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 10:23 Moon enters Leo
- 16:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 16:13 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 01:07 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 02:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:14 – 15:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:20 – 17:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:27 – 18:03
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 – 04:31
- 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 18:03 – 20:17
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:16 – 06:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:52 – 08:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:28 – 10:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:03 – 11:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:39 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:15 – 14:51 | Good |
| Rog | 14:51 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:27 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:03 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:27 – 20:51 | Good |
| Char | 20:51 – 22:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:15 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:39 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:04 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:28 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:52 – 05:16 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
- 05:16 NowSun
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:43 NowSun
- 13:47 NowVenus
- 14:51 NowMercury
- 15:55 NowMoon
- 16:59 NowSaturn
- 18:03 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:55 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:47 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:32 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowSun
- 06:16 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 05:04 Cancer
- 05:04 – 07:15 Leo
- 07:15 – 09:26 Virgo
- 09:26 – 11:40 Libra
- 11:40 – 13:55 Scorpio
- 13:55 – 16:01 Sagittarius
- 16:01 – 17:48 Capricorn
- 17:48 – 19:21 Aquarius
- 19:21 – 20:52 Pisces
- 20:52 – 22:33 Aries
- 22:33 – 00:31 next day Taurus
- 00:31 – 02:45 next day Gemini
- 02:45 – 05:00 next day Cancer
- 05:00 – 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