Kolkata panchang, 21 October 2028
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 08:50 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 17:05- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:36 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta 05:36 – 06:22
- Durmuhurta 06:22 – 07:08
- Rahu Kalam 08:28 – 09:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:58 – 11:43
- Yamaganda 12:47 – 14:13
- 10:34 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:36 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 15:43 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
17:05 to 05:37 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:35
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 21:48 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 21:48
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 11:36 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Saubhagya until 15:43
- Karana Vanija until 10:34, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:34 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:36 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 15:43 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 21:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 21:48 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:36 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:36 – 06:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:22 – 07:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:47 – 14:13
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 – 11:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:05 – 19:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:36 – 11:36
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:36 – 21:48
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:36 – 07:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:02 – 08:28 | Good |
| Rog | 08:28 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:54 – 11:20 | Bad |
| Char | 11:20 – 12:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:47 – 14:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:13 – 15:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:39 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:05 – 18:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:39 – 20:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:13 – 21:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:47 – 23:21 | Good |
| Char | 23:21 – 00:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:55 – 02:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:29 – 04:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:03 – 05:37 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
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:23 NowMercury
- 11:20 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:13 NowMars
- 15:10 NowSun
- 16:07 NowVenus
- 17:05 NowMercury
- 18:07 NowMoon
- 19:10 NowSaturn
- 20:13 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:21 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:29 NowSaturn
- 03:31 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:36 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:36 NowSun
- 09:36 NowVenus
- 10:36 NowMercury
- 11:36 NowMoon
- 12:36 NowSaturn
- 13:36 NowJupiter
- 14:36 NowMars
- 15:36 NowSun
- 16:36 NowVenus
- 17:36 NowMercury
- 18:36 NowMoon
- 19:36 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:36 NowMars
- 22:36 NowSun
- 23:36 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMercury
- 01:36 NowMoon
- 02:36 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:36 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 05:22 Virgo
- 05:22 – 07:36 Libra
- 07:36 – 09:52 Scorpio
- 09:52 – 11:57 Sagittarius
- 11:57 – 13:44 Capricorn
- 13:44 – 15:17 Aquarius
- 15:17 – 16:48 Pisces
- 16:48 – 18:29 Aries
- 18:29 – 20:27 Taurus
- 20:27 – 22:41 Gemini
- 22:41 – 00:56 next day Cancer
- 00:56 – 03:08 next day Leo
- 03:08 – 05:18 next day Virgo
- 05:18 – 05:37 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