Kolkata panchang, 4 December 2028
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 18:59 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 16:50- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:24 – 08:44
- Yamaganda 10:05 – 11:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:05 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:31
- Gulika Kalam 12:47 – 14:08
- Durmuhurta 13:57 – 14:41
- 06:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 06:48 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
16:50 to 06:03 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:26 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:29 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:54 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 06:48
- Nakshatra Ardra until 20:54 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shubha until 17:26
- Karana Gara until 06:48, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 06:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:26 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:29 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:54 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:05 – 11:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:47 – 14:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:57 – 14:41
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 23:30 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 22:28 – 00:31 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. 04:17 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:05 – 11:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:50 – 19:29
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:03 – 07:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:24 – 08:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:44 – 10:05 | Good |
| Rog | 10:05 – 11:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:26 – 12:47 | Bad |
| Char | 12:47 – 14:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:08 – 15:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:29 – 16:50 | Good |
| Char | 16:50 – 18:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:29 – 20:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:08 – 21:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:47 – 23:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:27 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:06 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:45 – 04:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:24 – 06:03 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 06:57 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:44 NowMars
- 09:38 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:26 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 15:56 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 19:02 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:21 NowMars
- 23:27 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:33 NowVenus
- 01:39 NowMercury
- 02:45 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 04:57 NowJupiter
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 07:03 NowSaturn
- 08:03 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:03 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:03 NowMoon
- 14:03 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 16:03 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:03 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 20:03 NowMoon
- 21:03 NowSaturn
- 22:03 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:03 NowSaturn
- 05:03 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:43 Libra
- 04:43 – 06:59 Scorpio
- 06:59 – 09:04 Sagittarius
- 09:04 – 10:51 Capricorn
- 10:51 – 12:24 Aquarius
- 12:24 – 13:55 Pisces
- 13:55 – 15:36 Aries
- 15:36 – 17:34 Taurus
- 17:34 – 19:48 Gemini
- 19:48 – 22:03 Cancer
- 22:03 – 00:15 next day Leo
- 00:15 – 02:25 next day Virgo
- 02:25 – 04:39 next day Libra
- 04:39 – 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