Kolkata panchang, 21 December 2028
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 16:56 Moonrise 09:53 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 16:56- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:13 – 07:33
- Gulika Kalam 08:54 – 10:14
- Durmuhurta 09:47 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:13 – 11:56
- Rahu Kalam 12:55 – 14:15
- Durmuhurta 14:04 – 14:47
- 09:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 09:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:36 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
16:56 to 06:13 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:56 – 19:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:43 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 09:23
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 11:36 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 01:43 next day
- Karana Balava until 09:23, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 09:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:36 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 22:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:43 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:13 – 07:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:47 – 10:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:55 – 14:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:04 – 14:47
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 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:13 – 11:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:56 – 19:35
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:13 – 09:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:36 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:13 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:33 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:54 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Char | 10:14 – 11:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:34 – 12:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:55 – 14:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:15 – 15:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:35 – 16:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:56 – 18:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:35 – 20:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:15 – 21:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:55 – 23:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:35 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:14 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:54 – 04:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:34 – 06:13 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
- 06:13 NowJupiter
- 07:06 NowMars
- 08:00 NowSun
- 08:54 NowVenus
- 09:47 NowMercury
- 10:41 NowMoon
- 11:34 NowSaturn
- 12:28 NowJupiter
- 13:21 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 16:02 NowMercury
- 16:56 NowMoon
- 18:02 NowSaturn
- 19:09 NowJupiter
- 20:15 NowMars
- 21:22 NowSun
- 22:28 NowVenus
- 23:35 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMoon
- 01:47 NowSaturn
- 02:54 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 05:07 NowSun
- 06:13 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMars
- 08:13 NowSun
- 09:13 NowVenus
- 10:13 NowMercury
- 11:13 NowMoon
- 12:13 NowSaturn
- 13:13 NowJupiter
- 14:13 NowMars
- 15:13 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:13 NowMercury
- 18:13 NowMoon
- 19:13 NowSaturn
- 20:13 NowJupiter
- 21:13 NowMars
- 22:13 NowSun
- 23:13 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMercury
- 01:13 NowMoon
- 02:13 NowSaturn
- 03:13 NowJupiter
- 04:13 NowMars
- 05:13 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:52 Scorpio
- 05:52 – 07:57 Sagittarius
- 07:57 – 09:44 Capricorn
- 09:44 – 11:17 Aquarius
- 11:17 – 12:49 Pisces
- 12:49 – 14:29 Aries
- 14:29 – 16:28 Taurus
- 16:28 – 18:41 Gemini
- 18:41 – 20:57 Cancer
- 20:57 – 23:08 Leo
- 23:08 – 01:18 next day Virgo
- 01:18 – 03:32 next day Libra
- 03:32 – 05:48 next day Scorpio
- 05:48 – 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