Kolkata panchang, 26 August 2028
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 11:16 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:18 to 17:57- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:18 – 06:53
- Durmuhurta 05:18 – 06:08
- Durmuhurta 06:08 – 06:59
- Rahu Kalam 08:28 – 10:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 12:03
- Yamaganda 13:13 – 14:48
- 08:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:12 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
17:57 to 05:18 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:04 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 19:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:18 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 19:33
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 19:04 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 01:18 next day
- Karana Gara until 08:11, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:12 Moon enters Scorpio
- 19:04 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 19:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:18 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:18 – 06:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:18 – 06:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:08 – 06:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:18 – 23:49 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. 03:47 – 04:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:12 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:14
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:18 – 06:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:53 – 08:28 | Good |
| Rog | 08:28 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:03 – 11:38 | Bad |
| Char | 11:38 – 13:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:13 – 14:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:48 – 16:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:22 – 17:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:57 – 19:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:23 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:48 – 22:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:13 – 23:38 | Good |
| Char | 23:38 – 01:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:03 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:28 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:31 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:38 NowMoon
- 12:41 NowSaturn
- 13:44 NowJupiter
- 14:48 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 16:54 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 18:54 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:44 NowMars
- 22:41 NowSun
- 23:38 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMercury
- 01:31 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:21 NowMars
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:18 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 04:41 Cancer
- 04:41 – 06:52 Leo
- 06:52 – 09:02 Virgo
- 09:02 – 11:16 Libra
- 11:16 – 13:32 Scorpio
- 13:32 – 15:37 Sagittarius
- 15:37 – 17:24 Capricorn
- 17:24 – 18:57 Aquarius
- 18:57 – 20:29 Pisces
- 20:29 – 22:09 Aries
- 22:09 – 00:08 next day Taurus
- 00:08 – 02:21 next day Gemini
- 02:21 – 04:37 next day Cancer
- 04:37 – 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