Kolkata panchang, 6 December 2028
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 21:02 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 16:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:25 – 08:46
- Gulika Kalam 10:06 – 11:27
- Durmuhurta 11:06 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:49 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:27 – 12:48
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:21 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:50 to 06:05 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:59 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 03:38 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 03:38 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 03:38 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 19:59 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Brahma until 13:21
- Karana Kaulava until 16:21, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:59 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 03:38 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 03:38 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:06 – 11:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:06 – 11:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:27 – 12:48
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. 04:18 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:06 – 11:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:50 – 19:29
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:04 – 07:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:25 – 08:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:46 – 10:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:06 – 11:27 | Good |
| Rog | 11:27 – 12:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:48 – 14:09 | Bad |
| Char | 14:09 – 15:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:30 – 16:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:50 – 18:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:30 – 20:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:09 – 21:48 | Good |
| Char | 21:48 – 23:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:27 – 01:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:07 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:46 – 04:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:25 – 06:05 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
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:46 NowJupiter
- 09:39 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 04:35 Libra
- 04:35 – 06:51 Scorpio
- 06:51 – 08:56 Sagittarius
- 08:56 – 10:43 Capricorn
- 10:43 – 12:16 Aquarius
- 12:16 – 13:48 Pisces
- 13:48 – 15:28 Aries
- 15:28 – 17:27 Taurus
- 17:27 – 19:40 Gemini
- 19:40 – 21:56 Cancer
- 21:56 – 00:07 next day Leo
- 00:07 – 02:17 next day Virgo
- 02:17 – 04:31 next day Libra
- 04:31 – 06:05 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