Kolkata panchang, 24 August 2028
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 09:09 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 17:59- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:17 – 06:52
- Gulika Kalam 08:28 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta 09:31 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 12:04
- Rahu Kalam 13:13 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:27
- 09:13 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 10:11 Moon enters Libra
- 12:28 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:59 to 05:18 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:15 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 23:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 23:09
- Nakshatra Chitra until 21:15 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 09:13
- Karana Bava until 12:28, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:13 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 10:11 Moon enters Libra
- 12:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:15 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 23:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:17 – 06:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:31 – 10:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:27
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 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 17:59 – 20:15
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:17 – 23:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:15 – 05:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:17 – 06:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:52 – 08:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:28 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Char | 10:03 – 11:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:38 – 13:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:13 – 14:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:49 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:24 – 17:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:59 – 19:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:24 – 20:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:49 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:14 – 23:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:38 – 01:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:03 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:28 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:53 – 05:18 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
- 05:17 NowJupiter
- 06:21 NowMars
- 07:24 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:31 NowMercury
- 10:35 NowMoon
- 11:38 NowSaturn
- 12:42 NowJupiter
- 13:45 NowMars
- 14:49 NowSun
- 15:52 NowVenus
- 16:56 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 18:56 NowSaturn
- 19:52 NowJupiter
- 20:49 NowMars
- 21:45 NowSun
- 22:42 NowVenus
- 23:38 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMoon
- 01:31 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:24 NowMars
- 04:21 NowSun
- 05:17 NowJupiter
- 06:17 NowMars
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:17 NowMercury
- 10:17 NowMoon
- 11:17 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:17 NowJupiter
- 20:17 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMoon
- 01:17 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:17 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 04:48 Cancer
- 04:48 – 07:00 Leo
- 07:00 – 09:10 Virgo
- 09:10 – 11:24 Libra
- 11:24 – 13:40 Scorpio
- 13:40 – 15:45 Sagittarius
- 15:45 – 17:32 Capricorn
- 17:32 – 19:05 Aquarius
- 19:05 – 20:36 Pisces
- 20:36 – 22:17 Aries
- 22:17 – 00:16 next day Taurus
- 00:16 – 02:29 next day Gemini
- 02:29 – 04:45 next day Cancer
- 04:45 – 05:18 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