Kolkata panchang, 20 December 2028
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 16:55 Moonrise 09:18 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 16:55- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:33 – 08:53
- Gulika Kalam 10:13 – 11:34
- Durmuhurta 11:12 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:12 – 11:55 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:34 – 12:54
- 07:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
16:55 to 06:13 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:55 – 19:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:28 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 07:45
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:27 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 01:20 next day
- Karana Vishti until 07:45, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:28 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:33 – 08:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:12 – 11:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:34 – 12:54
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:20 – 02:32 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 09:27 – 06:13 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. 04:26 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:12 – 11:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:55 – 19:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:12 – 09:27
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:12 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:33 – 08:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:53 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:13 – 11:34 | Good |
| Rog | 11:34 – 12:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:54 – 14:15 | Bad |
| Char | 14:15 – 15:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:35 – 16:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:55 – 18:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:35 – 20:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:15 – 21:54 | Good |
| Char | 21:54 – 23:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:34 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:14 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:53 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:33 – 06:13 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
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:47 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:34 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 16:55 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:34 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:47 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:56 Scorpio
- 05:56 – 08:01 Sagittarius
- 08:01 – 09:48 Capricorn
- 09:48 – 11:21 Aquarius
- 11:21 – 12:53 Pisces
- 12:53 – 14:33 Aries
- 14:33 – 16:32 Taurus
- 16:32 – 18:45 Gemini
- 18:45 – 21:01 Cancer
- 21:01 – 23:12 Leo
- 23:12 – 01:22 next day Virgo
- 01:22 – 03:36 next day Libra
- 03:36 – 05:52 next day Scorpio
- 05:52 – 06:13 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