Kolkata panchang, 8 December 2028
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 16:51 Moonrise 23:01 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 16:51- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:26 – 08:47
- Durmuhurta 08:14 – 08:57
- Rahu Kalam 10:07 – 11:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:06 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta 11:50 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 14:09 – 15:30
- 08:23 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 13:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:51 to 06:06 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:51 – 19:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:59 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 00:09 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 00:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:37 next day Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 00:09 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 17:59 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 08:23
- Karana Vishti until 13:06, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:23 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 13:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:59 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 00:09 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 00:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:37 next day Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:58 – 08:23
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:00 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 08:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:14 – 08:57
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:23 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:07 – 11:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:50 – 12:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:09 – 15:30
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:05 – 17:59
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. 04:19 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:06 – 11:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:51 – 19:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:05 – 17:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:59 – 06:06 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:59 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:05 – 07:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:26 – 08:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:47 – 10:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:07 – 11:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:28 – 12:49 | Good |
| Rog | 12:49 – 14:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:09 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Char | 15:30 – 16:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:51 – 18:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:30 – 20:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:10 – 21:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:49 – 23:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:28 – 01:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:08 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:47 – 04:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:26 – 06:06 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
- 06:05 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:47 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:47 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowVenus
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 04:27 Libra
- 04:27 – 06:43 Scorpio
- 06:43 – 08:48 Sagittarius
- 08:48 – 10:35 Capricorn
- 10:35 – 12:09 Aquarius
- 12:09 – 13:40 Pisces
- 13:40 – 15:20 Aries
- 15:20 – 17:19 Taurus
- 17:19 – 19:32 Gemini
- 19:32 – 21:48 Cancer
- 21:48 – 23:59 Leo
- 23:59 – 02:09 next day Virgo
- 02:09 – 04:23 next day Libra
- 04:23 – 06:06 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