Kolkata panchang, 21 August 2028
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 05:57 Bhadrapada 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 18:02- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:52 – 08:28
- Yamaganda 10:03 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam 13:15 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:29
- 07:30 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 12:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:29 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:02 to 05:17 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:55 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 22:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 12:29
- Nakshatra Magha until 07:30 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 20:55
- Karana Bava until 12:29, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:30 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 12:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:29 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:55 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 22:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:03 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:29
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) 11:13 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:17
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:16 – 06:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:52 – 08:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:28 – 10:03 | Good |
| Rog | 10:03 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:39 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Char | 13:15 – 14:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:50 – 16:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:26 – 18:02 | Good |
| Char | 18:02 – 19:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:26 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:50 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:15 – 23:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:39 – 01:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:03 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:28 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:52 – 05:17 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:43 NowMoon
- 13:47 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:54 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:47 NowJupiter
- 22:43 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:35 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 05:00 Cancer
- 05:00 – 07:12 Leo
- 07:12 – 09:22 Virgo
- 09:22 – 11:36 Libra
- 11:36 – 13:52 Scorpio
- 13:52 – 15:57 Sagittarius
- 15:57 – 17:44 Capricorn
- 17:44 – 19:17 Aquarius
- 19:17 – 20:48 Pisces
- 20:48 – 22:29 Aries
- 22:29 – 00:27 next day Taurus
- 00:27 – 02:41 next day Gemini
- 02:41 – 04:56 next day Cancer
- 04:56 – 05:17 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