Kolkata panchang, 20 September 2028
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 06:50 Ashwin 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 17:33- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:56 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam 09:58 – 11:29
- Durmuhurta 11:05 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:05 – 11:53 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:29 – 13:00
- 06:07 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:18 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 16:19 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:33 to 05:26 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:33 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 19:55 Moon enters Libra
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 16:19
- Nakshatra Hasta until 09:18 · lord Moon
- Yoga Brahma until 19:05
- Karana Balava until 06:07, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:07 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:18 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 16:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 19:55 Moon enters Libra
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:05 – 11:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 13:00
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 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:05 – 11:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:33 – 19:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:25 – 09:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:25 – 16:19
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:25 – 06:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:56 – 08:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:27 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:58 – 11:29 | Good |
| Rog | 11:29 – 13:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:00 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Char | 14:31 – 16:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:02 – 17:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:33 – 19:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:02 – 20:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:31 – 22:00 | Good |
| Char | 22:00 – 23:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:29 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:58 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:27 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:56 – 05:26 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
- 05:25 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:29 NowVenus
- 12:30 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:25 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:25 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 05:14 Leo
- 05:14 – 07:24 Virgo
- 07:24 – 09:38 Libra
- 09:38 – 11:54 Scorpio
- 11:54 – 13:59 Sagittarius
- 13:59 – 15:46 Capricorn
- 15:46 – 17:19 Aquarius
- 17:19 – 18:50 Pisces
- 18:50 – 20:31 Aries
- 20:31 – 22:29 Taurus
- 22:29 – 00:43 next day Gemini
- 00:43 – 02:58 next day Cancer
- 02:58 – 05:10 next day Leo
- 05:10 – 05:26 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