Kolkata panchang, 13 December 2028
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 16:52 Moonrise 03:07 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:29 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam 10:10 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta 11:09 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:09 – 11:52 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:30 – 12:51
- 10:19 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 12:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 12:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:21 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
16:52 to 06:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:52 – 19:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:51 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:13 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 12:56
- Nakshatra Swati until 10:19 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 14:21
- Karana Taitila until 12:56, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:19 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 12:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 12:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:21 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 23:51 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:13 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:10 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:09 – 11:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 12:51
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:09 – 11:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:52 – 19:32
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:08 – 12:56
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:08 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:29 – 08:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:49 – 10:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:10 – 11:30 | Good |
| Rog | 11:30 – 12:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:51 – 14:11 | Bad |
| Char | 14:11 – 15:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:32 – 16:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:52 – 18:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:32 – 20:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:11 – 21:51 | Good |
| Char | 21:51 – 23:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:31 – 01:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:10 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:50 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:29 – 06:09 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 NowMercury
- 07:02 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:59 NowVenus
- 19:05 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 06:23 Scorpio
- 06:23 – 08:29 Sagittarius
- 08:29 – 10:16 Capricorn
- 10:16 – 11:49 Aquarius
- 11:49 – 13:20 Pisces
- 13:20 – 15:01 Aries
- 15:01 – 16:59 Taurus
- 16:59 – 19:12 Gemini
- 19:12 – 21:28 Cancer
- 21:28 – 23:39 Leo
- 23:39 – 01:50 next day Virgo
- 01:50 – 04:04 next day Libra
- 04:04 – 06:09 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