Kolkata panchang, 18 September 2028
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 04:39 Bhadrapada month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:25 to 17:35- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:56 – 08:27
- Yamaganda 09:59 – 11:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:54 – 12:43
- Gulika Kalam 13:01 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta 14:20 – 15:09
- 07:53 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 13:51 Karana becomes Naga
- 15:23 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
17:35 to 05:25 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:35 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:36 Moon enters Virgo
- 23:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:53 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:32 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 23:53
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 15:23 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 07:53
- Karana Chatushpada until 13:51, then Naga
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:53 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 13:51 Karana becomes Naga
- 15:23 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 20:36 Moon enters Virgo
- 23:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:53 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:32 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:54 – 12:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:01 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:20 – 15:09
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 19:21 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 18:27 – 20:16
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 – 04:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:06 – 11:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:35 – 19:57
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:25 – 06:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:56 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:27 – 09:59 | Good |
| Rog | 09:59 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:30 – 13:01 | Bad |
| Char | 13:01 – 14:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:33 – 16:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:04 – 17:35 | Good |
| Char | 17:35 – 19:04 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:04 – 20:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:33 – 22:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:01 – 23:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:30 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:59 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:27 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:56 – 05:25 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
- 05:25 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:31 NowMoon
- 13:32 NowSaturn
- 14:33 NowJupiter
- 15:33 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:35 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:33 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:31 NowMars
- 23:30 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMoon
- 06:25 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:25 NowMercury
- 12:25 NowMoon
- 13:25 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:25 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:25 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 05:21 Leo
- 05:21 – 07:32 Virgo
- 07:32 – 09:46 Libra
- 09:46 – 12:01 Scorpio
- 12:01 – 14:07 Sagittarius
- 14:07 – 15:54 Capricorn
- 15:54 – 17:27 Aquarius
- 17:27 – 18:58 Pisces
- 18:58 – 20:39 Aries
- 20:39 – 22:37 Taurus
- 22:37 – 00:51 next day Gemini
- 00:51 – 03:06 next day Cancer
- 03:06 – 05:18 next day Leo
- 05:18 – 05:25 next day Virgo
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