Kolkata panchang, 12 December 2028
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 16:52 Moonrise 02:03 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 16:52- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:17 – 09:00
- Yamaganda 08:49 – 10:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:08 – 11:51
- Gulika Kalam 11:30 – 12:50
- Rahu Kalam 14:11 – 15:31
- 11:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 15:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 15:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
16:52 to 06:08 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:52 – 19:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:25 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 02:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 15:13
- Nakshatra Chitra until 11:55 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 17:25
- Karana Balava until 15:13, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 15:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 15:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:25 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 02:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:17 – 09:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 12:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:11 – 15:31
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:25 – 19:49
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. 04:22 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:08 – 11:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:52 – 19:31
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:08 – 07:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:28 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Char | 08:49 – 10:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:09 – 11:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:30 – 12:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:50 – 14:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:11 – 15:31 | Good |
| Rog | 15:31 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:52 – 18:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:32 – 20:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:11 – 21:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:51 – 23:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:30 – 01:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:10 – 02:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:49 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:29 – 06:08 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
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:01 NowSun
- 07:55 NowVenus
- 08:49 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:36 NowSaturn
- 11:30 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 19:05 NowMars
- 20:11 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSaturn
- 01:43 NowJupiter
- 02:49 NowMars
- 03:56 NowSun
- 05:02 NowVenus
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:08 NowVenus
- 09:08 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:08 NowSaturn
- 12:08 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:08 NowSun
- 15:08 NowVenus
- 16:08 NowMercury
- 17:08 NowMoon
- 18:08 NowSaturn
- 19:08 NowJupiter
- 20:08 NowMars
- 21:08 NowSun
- 22:08 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMoon
- 01:08 NowSaturn
- 02:08 NowJupiter
- 03:08 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
- 05:08 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 06:27 Scorpio
- 06:27 – 08:33 Sagittarius
- 08:33 – 10:19 Capricorn
- 10:19 – 11:53 Aquarius
- 11:53 – 13:24 Pisces
- 13:24 – 15:05 Aries
- 15:05 – 17:03 Taurus
- 17:03 – 19:16 Gemini
- 19:16 – 21:32 Cancer
- 21:32 – 23:43 Leo
- 23:43 – 01:53 next day Virgo
- 01:53 – 04:08 next day Libra
- 04:08 – 06:08 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