Kolkata panchang, 4 October 2028
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 17:30 Ashwin month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:30 to 17:19- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:58 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam 09:56 – 11:25
- Durmuhurta 11:01 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:01 – 11:48 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:25 – 12:53
- 10:03 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 11:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:19 to 05:30 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:19 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:04 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 00:28 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 00:04 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 00:28 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhruva until 10:03
- Karana Balava until 11:01, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:03 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 11:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:04 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 00:28 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:58 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:56 – 11:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:03 – 13:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:01 – 11:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:25 – 12:53
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:30 – 00:28 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:28 – 05:30 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. 03:52 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:01 – 11:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:19 – 19:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:04 – 05:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:30 – 06:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:58 – 08:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:27 – 09:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:56 – 11:25 | Good |
| Rog | 11:25 – 12:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:53 – 14:22 | Bad |
| Char | 14:22 – 15:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:51 – 17:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:19 – 18:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:51 – 20:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:22 – 21:53 | Good |
| Char | 21:53 – 23:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:25 – 00:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:56 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:27 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:59 – 05:30 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
- 05:30 NowMercury
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:22 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:30 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:19 Leo
- 04:19 – 06:29 Virgo
- 06:29 – 08:43 Libra
- 08:43 – 10:59 Scorpio
- 10:59 – 13:04 Sagittarius
- 13:04 – 14:51 Capricorn
- 14:51 – 16:24 Aquarius
- 16:24 – 17:55 Pisces
- 17:55 – 19:36 Aries
- 19:36 – 21:34 Taurus
- 21:34 – 23:48 Gemini
- 23:48 – 02:03 next day Cancer
- 02:03 – 04:15 next day Leo
- 04:15 – 05:30 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