Kolkata panchang, 18 December 2028
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 16:54 Moonrise 07:58 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:32 – 08:52
- Yamaganda 10:12 – 11:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:54 – 12:37
- Gulika Kalam 12:53 – 14:14
- Durmuhurta 14:03 – 14:46
- 06:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 06:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:57 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 13:07 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
16:54 to 06:12 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:54 – 19:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:28 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 06:23
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 06:57 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 01:51 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 06:23, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 06:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:57 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 13:07 Moon enters Capricorn
- 18:28 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:32 – 08:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:12 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:54 – 12:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:53 – 14:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:03 – 14:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:51 – 05:27 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:11 – 06:57
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:57 – 01:35 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:35 – 06:12 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. 04:25 – 05:18
- 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 – 19:34
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:11 – 07:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:32 – 08:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:52 – 10:12 | Good |
| Rog | 10:12 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:33 – 12:53 | Bad |
| Char | 12:53 – 14:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:14 – 15:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:34 – 16:54 | Good |
| Char | 16:54 – 18:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:34 – 20:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:14 – 21:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:53 – 23:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:33 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:13 – 02:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:52 – 04:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:32 – 06:12 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:46 NowSun
- 10:39 NowVenus
- 11:33 NowMercury
- 12:26 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:01 NowSun
- 16:54 NowVenus
- 18:01 NowMercury
- 19:07 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:27 NowMars
- 23:33 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:39 NowVenus
- 01:46 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 06:11 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 09:11 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:11 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:11 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:11 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 06:04 Scorpio
- 06:04 – 08:09 Sagittarius
- 08:09 – 09:56 Capricorn
- 09:56 – 11:29 Aquarius
- 11:29 – 13:00 Pisces
- 13:00 – 14:41 Aries
- 14:41 – 16:39 Taurus
- 16:39 – 18:53 Gemini
- 18:53 – 21:08 Cancer
- 21:08 – 23:20 Leo
- 23:20 – 01:30 next day Virgo
- 01:30 – 03:44 next day Libra
- 03:44 – 06:00 next day Scorpio
- 06:00 – 06:12 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