Kolkata panchang, 20 October 2028
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 07:46 Kartika month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:36 to 17:06- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:02 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta 07:54 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam 09:54 – 11:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:58 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 14:13 – 15:39
- 07:24 Moon enters Scorpio
- 12:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:58 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
17:06 to 05:36 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:36
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:26 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 23:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:32 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 23:32
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 12:58 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ayushman until 18:26
- Karana Taitila until 12:41, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:24 Moon enters Scorpio
- 12:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:58 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 18:26 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 23:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:32 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:02 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:54 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:13 – 15:39
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. 03:56 – 04:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 10:58 – 11:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:36
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:58 – 05:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:36 – 07:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:02 – 08:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:28 – 09:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:54 – 11:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:21 – 12:47 | Good |
| Rog | 12:47 – 14:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:13 – 15:39 | Bad |
| Char | 15:39 – 17:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:06 – 18:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:39 – 20:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:13 – 21:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:47 – 23:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:21 – 00:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:55 – 02:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:29 – 04:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:02 – 05:36 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
- 05:36 NowVenus
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowVenus
- 06:36 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:36 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 05:26 Virgo
- 05:26 – 07:40 Libra
- 07:40 – 09:56 Scorpio
- 09:56 – 12:01 Sagittarius
- 12:01 – 13:48 Capricorn
- 13:48 – 15:21 Aquarius
- 15:21 – 16:52 Pisces
- 16:52 – 18:33 Aries
- 18:33 – 20:31 Taurus
- 20:31 – 22:45 Gemini
- 22:45 – 01:00 next day Cancer
- 01:00 – 03:12 next day Leo
- 03:12 – 05:22 next day Virgo
- 05:22 – 05:36 next day Libra
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