Kolkata panchang, 21 September 2028
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 07:56 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:26 to 17:32- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:26 – 06:56
- Gulika Kalam 08:27 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta 09:28 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:05 – 11:53
- Rahu Kalam 13:00 – 14:31
- Durmuhurta 14:18 – 15:07
- 06:38 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 13:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:17 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
17:32 to 05:26 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:32 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 13:00
- Nakshatra Chitra until 06:38 · lord Mars
- Yoga Indra until 15:17
- Karana Gara until 13:00, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:38 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 13:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:17 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:26 – 06:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:28 – 10:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:00 – 14:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:18 – 15:07
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:17 – 11:58 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. 03:51 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:32 – 19:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:38 – 04:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:26 – 06:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:56 – 08:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:27 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Char | 09:58 – 11:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:29 – 13:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:00 – 14:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:31 – 16:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:01 – 17:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:32 – 19:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:01 – 20:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:31 – 22:00 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:00 – 23:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:29 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:58 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:27 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:57 – 05:26 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
- 05:26 NowJupiter
- 06:26 NowMars
- 07:27 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:28 NowMoon
- 11:29 NowSaturn
- 12:29 NowJupiter
- 13:30 NowMars
- 14:31 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:32 NowMercury
- 17:32 NowMoon
- 18:32 NowSaturn
- 19:31 NowJupiter
- 20:31 NowMars
- 21:30 NowSun
- 22:30 NowVenus
- 23:29 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMoon
- 01:28 NowSaturn
- 02:27 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:26 NowSun
- 05:26 NowJupiter
- 06:26 NowMars
- 07:26 NowSun
- 08:26 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:26 NowMoon
- 11:26 NowSaturn
- 12:26 NowJupiter
- 13:26 NowMars
- 14:26 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:26 NowMoon
- 18:26 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:26 NowMars
- 21:26 NowSun
- 22:26 NowVenus
- 23:26 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:26 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:26 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 05:10 Leo
- 05:10 – 07:20 Virgo
- 07:20 – 09:34 Libra
- 09:34 – 11:50 Scorpio
- 11:50 – 13:55 Sagittarius
- 13:55 – 15:42 Capricorn
- 15:42 – 17:15 Aquarius
- 17:15 – 18:46 Pisces
- 18:46 – 20:27 Aries
- 20:27 – 22:25 Taurus
- 22:25 – 00:39 next day Gemini
- 00:39 – 02:54 next day Cancer
- 02:54 – 05:06 next day Leo
- 05:06 – 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