Kolkata panchang, 3 December 2028
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 17:59 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:02 to 16:50- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:04 – 11:47
- Yamaganda 11:26 – 12:47
- Gulika Kalam 14:08 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta 15:23 – 16:07
- Rahu Kalam 15:29 – 16:50
- 07:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 07:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 08:44 Moon enters Gemini
Night
16:50 to 06:03 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:05 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 20:53 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 07:11
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 20:53 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sadhya until 19:05
- Karana Kaulava until 07:11, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 07:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 08:44 Moon enters Gemini
- 19:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:05 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 20:53 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:26 – 12:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:08 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:23 – 16:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:29 – 16:50
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. 04:16 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:04 – 11:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:50 – 19:28
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:02 – 07:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:23 – 08:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:44 – 10:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:05 – 11:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:26 – 12:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:47 – 14:08 | Good |
| Rog | 14:08 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:29 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:50 – 18:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:29 – 20:08 | Good |
| Char | 20:08 – 21:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:47 – 23:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:26 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:05 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:44 – 04:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:23 – 06:03 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
- 06:02 NowSun
- 06:56 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:44 NowMoon
- 09:38 NowSaturn
- 10:32 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 19:02 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:38 NowMars
- 02:44 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 06:02 NowSun
- 07:02 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:02 NowSun
- 14:02 NowVenus
- 15:02 NowMercury
- 16:02 NowMoon
- 17:02 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 19:02 NowMars
- 20:02 NowSun
- 21:02 NowVenus
- 22:02 NowMercury
- 23:02 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:02 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 05:02 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:47 Libra
- 04:47 – 07:03 Scorpio
- 07:03 – 09:08 Sagittarius
- 09:08 – 10:55 Capricorn
- 10:55 – 12:28 Aquarius
- 12:28 – 13:59 Pisces
- 13:59 – 15:40 Aries
- 15:40 – 17:38 Taurus
- 17:38 – 19:52 Gemini
- 19:52 – 22:07 Cancer
- 22:07 – 00:19 next day Leo
- 00:19 – 02:29 next day Virgo
- 02:29 – 04:43 next day Libra
- 04:43 – 06:03 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