Kolkata panchang, 23 August 2028
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 08:05 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:17 to 18:00- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:52 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam 10:03 – 11:38
- Durmuhurta 11:13 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:04 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:38 – 13:14
- 12:50 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:29 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:00 to 05:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:16 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 01:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 01:55 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 23:16 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 12:50
- Karana Vanija until 15:29, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:50 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:29 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:16 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 01:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:03 – 11:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:13 – 12:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:38 – 13:14
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 20:59 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:03 – 21:55
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. 03:47 – 04:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:00 – 20:15
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:17 – 23:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:17 – 23:16
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:17 – 06:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:52 – 08:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:28 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:03 – 11:38 | Good |
| Rog | 11:38 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:14 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Char | 14:49 – 16:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:25 – 18:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:00 – 19:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:25 – 20:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:49 – 22:14 | Good |
| Char | 22:14 – 23:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:39 – 01:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:03 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:28 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:53 – 05:17 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
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:46 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:46 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 04:52 Cancer
- 04:52 – 07:04 Leo
- 07:04 – 09:14 Virgo
- 09:14 – 11:28 Libra
- 11:28 – 13:44 Scorpio
- 13:44 – 15:49 Sagittarius
- 15:49 – 17:36 Capricorn
- 17:36 – 19:09 Aquarius
- 19:09 – 20:40 Pisces
- 20:40 – 22:21 Aries
- 22:21 – 00:19 next day Taurus
- 00:19 – 02:33 next day Gemini
- 02:33 – 04:48 next day Cancer
- 04:48 – 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