Kolkata panchang, 13 September 2028
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 17:40 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:23 to 17:40- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:55 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:00 – 11:32
- Durmuhurta 11:07 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:56 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:32 – 13:04
- 05:53 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 17:25 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:40 to 05:23 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:14 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 04:46 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 17:25
- Nakshatra Ardra until 02:18 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 01:14 next day
- Karana Taitila until 05:53, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 05:53 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 17:25 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:14 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 04:46 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:08 – 01:14 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:55 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:07 – 11:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:32 – 13:04
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. 03:50 – 04:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:07 – 11:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:01
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:23 – 06:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:55 – 08:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:27 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:00 – 11:32 | Good |
| Rog | 11:32 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:04 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Char | 14:36 – 16:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:08 – 17:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:40 – 19:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:08 – 20:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:36 – 22:04 | Good |
| Char | 22:04 – 23:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:32 – 01:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:00 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:28 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:56 – 05:23 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
- 05:23 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:32 NowVenus
- 12:33 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:36 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:33 NowJupiter
- 23:32 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:23 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 05:41 Leo
- 05:41 – 07:51 Virgo
- 07:51 – 10:05 Libra
- 10:05 – 12:21 Scorpio
- 12:21 – 14:26 Sagittarius
- 14:26 – 16:13 Capricorn
- 16:13 – 17:47 Aquarius
- 17:47 – 19:18 Pisces
- 19:18 – 20:58 Aries
- 20:58 – 22:57 Taurus
- 22:57 – 01:10 next day Gemini
- 01:10 – 03:26 next day Cancer
- 03:26 – 05:23 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