Kolkata panchang, 17 December 2028
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 16:54 Moonrise 07:09 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:11 to 16:54- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 11:54
- Yamaganda 11:32 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam 14:13 – 15:34
- Durmuhurta 15:28 – 16:11
- Rahu Kalam 15:34 – 16:54
- 06:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 06:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 06:41 Karana becomes Balava
Night
16:54 to 06:11 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:54 – 19:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 06:41
- Nakshatra Mula until 06:39 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 02:52 next day
- Karana Bava until 06:41, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 06:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 06:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:32 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:13 – 15:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:28 – 16:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:34 – 16:54
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 11:32 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:30 – 12:35
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. 04:24 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:11 – 11:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:54 – 19:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:11 – 06:39
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:11 – 06:39
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:11 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:31 – 08:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:51 – 10:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:12 – 11:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:32 – 12:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:53 – 14:13 | Good |
| Rog | 14:13 – 15:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:34 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:54 – 18:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:34 – 20:13 | Good |
| Char | 20:13 – 21:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:53 – 23:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:33 – 01:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:12 – 02:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:52 – 04:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:32 – 06:11 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
- 06:11 NowSun
- 07:04 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:45 NowSaturn
- 10:39 NowJupiter
- 11:32 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:13 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:33 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:39 NowJupiter
- 01:45 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMercury
- 06:11 NowSun
- 07:11 NowVenus
- 08:11 NowMercury
- 09:11 NowMoon
- 10:11 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:11 NowMercury
- 16:11 NowMoon
- 17:11 NowSaturn
- 18:11 NowJupiter
- 19:11 NowMars
- 20:11 NowSun
- 21:11 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:11 NowMars
- 03:11 NowSun
- 04:11 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 06:08 Scorpio
- 06:08 – 08:13 Sagittarius
- 08:13 – 10:00 Capricorn
- 10:00 – 11:33 Aquarius
- 11:33 – 13:04 Pisces
- 13:04 – 14:45 Aries
- 14:45 – 16:43 Taurus
- 16:43 – 18:57 Gemini
- 18:57 – 21:12 Cancer
- 21:12 – 23:24 Leo
- 23:24 – 01:34 next day Virgo
- 01:34 – 03:48 next day Libra
- 03:48 – 06:04 next day Scorpio
- 06:04 – 06:11 next day Sagittarius
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