Kolkata panchang, 18 November 2028
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 07:32 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:52 to 16:50- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:52 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta 05:52 – 06:36
- Durmuhurta 06:36 – 07:20
- Rahu Kalam 08:37 – 09:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 10:59 – 11:43
- Yamaganda 12:44 – 14:06
- 14:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 14:36 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:50 to 05:53 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:04 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:04 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 22:20 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 01:57 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 14:36
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 21:04 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sukarman until 22:20
- Karana Kaulava until 14:36, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 14:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 14:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:04 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:04 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 22:20 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 01:57 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:52 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:52 – 06:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:36 – 07:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 09:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:44 – 14:06
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. 04:08 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 10:59 – 11:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:50 – 19:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:04 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:52 – 07:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:14 – 08:37 | Good |
| Rog | 08:37 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:59 – 11:21 | Bad |
| Char | 11:21 – 12:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:44 – 14:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:06 – 15:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:28 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:50 – 18:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:28 – 20:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:06 – 21:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:44 – 23:22 | Good |
| Char | 23:22 – 00:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:59 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:37 – 04:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:15 – 05:53 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
- 05:52 NowSaturn
- 06:47 NowJupiter
- 07:42 NowMars
- 08:37 NowSun
- 09:31 NowVenus
- 10:26 NowMercury
- 11:21 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:01 NowSun
- 15:56 NowVenus
- 16:50 NowMercury
- 17:56 NowMoon
- 19:01 NowSaturn
- 20:06 NowJupiter
- 21:11 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:22 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:37 NowSaturn
- 03:42 NowJupiter
- 04:47 NowMars
- 05:52 NowSaturn
- 06:52 NowJupiter
- 07:52 NowMars
- 08:52 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:52 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:52 NowSun
- 16:52 NowVenus
- 17:52 NowMercury
- 18:52 NowMoon
- 19:52 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 22:52 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:52 NowSaturn
- 03:52 NowJupiter
- 04:52 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 05:46 Libra
- 05:46 – 08:02 Scorpio
- 08:02 – 10:07 Sagittarius
- 10:07 – 11:54 Capricorn
- 11:54 – 13:27 Aquarius
- 13:27 – 14:58 Pisces
- 14:58 – 16:39 Aries
- 16:39 – 18:37 Taurus
- 18:37 – 20:51 Gemini
- 20:51 – 23:06 Cancer
- 23:06 – 01:18 next day Leo
- 01:18 – 03:28 next day Virgo
- 03:28 – 05:42 next day Libra
- 05:42 – 05:53 next day Scorpio
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