Kolkata panchang, 9 December 2028
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 16:51 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 16:51- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:06 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta 06:06 – 06:49
- Durmuhurta 06:49 – 07:32
- Rahu Kalam 08:47 – 10:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:07 – 11:50
- Yamaganda 12:49 – 14:10
- 11:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:40 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
16:51 to 06:06 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:51 – 19:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:05 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:18 Moon enters Virgo
- 02:42 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 22:05
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 16:40 · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 02:42 next day
- Karana Balava until 11:08, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:40 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 22:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:05 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:18 Moon enters Virgo
- 02:42 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:06 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:06 – 06:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:49 – 07:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:49 – 14:10
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:40 – 06:06 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. 04:20 – 05:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:07 – 11:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:51 – 19:30
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:05 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:06 – 07:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:26 – 08:47 | Good |
| Rog | 08:47 – 10:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:08 – 11:28 | Bad |
| Char | 11:28 – 12:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:49 – 14:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:10 – 15:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:30 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:51 – 18:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:31 – 20:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:10 – 21:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:49 – 23:29 | Good |
| Char | 23:29 – 01:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:08 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:48 – 04:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:27 – 06:06 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
- 06:06 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 07:53 NowMars
- 08:47 NowSun
- 09:41 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:28 NowMoon
- 12:22 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:04 NowSun
- 15:57 NowVenus
- 16:51 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 19:04 NowSaturn
- 20:10 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:22 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMercury
- 01:41 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
- 06:06 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowJupiter
- 08:06 NowMars
- 09:06 NowSun
- 10:06 NowVenus
- 11:06 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:06 NowMars
- 16:06 NowSun
- 17:06 NowVenus
- 18:06 NowMercury
- 19:06 NowMoon
- 20:06 NowSaturn
- 21:06 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:06 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 01:06 NowMercury
- 02:06 NowMoon
- 03:06 NowSaturn
- 04:06 NowJupiter
- 05:06 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 04:23 Libra
- 04:23 – 06:39 Scorpio
- 06:39 – 08:44 Sagittarius
- 08:44 – 10:31 Capricorn
- 10:31 – 12:05 Aquarius
- 12:05 – 13:36 Pisces
- 13:36 – 15:16 Aries
- 15:16 – 17:15 Taurus
- 17:15 – 19:28 Gemini
- 19:28 – 21:44 Cancer
- 21:44 – 23:55 Leo
- 23:55 – 02:05 next day Virgo
- 02:05 – 04:19 next day Libra
- 04:19 – 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