Kolkata panchang, 15 December 2028
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 16:53 Moonrise 05:15 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 16:53- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:30 – 08:50
- Durmuhurta 08:18 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:11 – 11:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:53 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 14:12 – 15:33
- 07:43 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 08:44 Yoga becomes Shula
- 09:01 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 09:01 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
16:53 to 06:10 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:53 – 19:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:15 Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 09:01
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 07:43 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 08:44
- Karana Shakuni until 09:01, then Chatushpada
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:43 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 08:44 Yoga becomes Shula
- 09:01 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 09:01 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 20:15 Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 08:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:18 – 09:01
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:44 – 10:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:11 – 11:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:53 – 12:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:12 – 15:33
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:43 – 06:10 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. 04:23 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:10 – 11:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:53 – 19:32
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:09 – 07:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:30 – 08:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:50 – 10:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:11 – 11:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:31 – 12:52 | Good |
| Rog | 12:52 – 14:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:12 – 15:33 | Bad |
| Char | 15:33 – 16:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:53 – 18:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:33 – 20:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:12 – 21:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:52 – 23:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:32 – 01:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:11 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:51 – 04:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:30 – 06:10 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
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:03 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:38 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 06:15 Scorpio
- 06:15 – 08:21 Sagittarius
- 08:21 – 10:08 Capricorn
- 10:08 – 11:41 Aquarius
- 11:41 – 13:12 Pisces
- 13:12 – 14:53 Aries
- 14:53 – 16:51 Taurus
- 16:51 – 19:05 Gemini
- 19:05 – 21:20 Cancer
- 21:20 – 23:32 Leo
- 23:32 – 01:42 next day Virgo
- 01:42 – 03:56 next day Libra
- 03:56 – 06:10 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