Kolkata panchang, 23 December 2028
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 16:57 Moonrise 10:56 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 16:57- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:14 – 07:34
- Durmuhurta 06:14 – 06:57
- Durmuhurta 06:57 – 07:39
- Rahu Kalam 08:54 – 10:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 11:57
- Yamaganda 12:56 – 14:16
- 10:23 Moon enters Pisces
- 13:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:58 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
16:57 to 06:14 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:57 – 19:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 03:13 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:14 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 13:58
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 17:07 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 03:13 next day
- Karana Vanija until 13:58, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:23 Moon enters Pisces
- 13:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 03:13 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:14 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:24 – 03:13 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:14 – 07:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:14 – 06:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:57 – 07:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:56 – 14:16
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:58 – 03:14 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. 04:27 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 11:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:57 – 19:36
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:14 – 07:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:34 – 08:54 | Good |
| Rog | 08:54 – 10:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:15 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Char | 11:35 – 12:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:56 – 14:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:16 – 15:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:36 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:57 – 18:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:37 – 20:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:16 – 21:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:56 – 23:36 | Good |
| Char | 23:36 – 01:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:15 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:55 – 04:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:35 – 06:14 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
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:07 NowJupiter
- 08:01 NowMars
- 08:54 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:42 NowMercury
- 11:35 NowMoon
- 12:29 NowSaturn
- 13:22 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:10 NowSun
- 16:03 NowVenus
- 16:57 NowMercury
- 18:03 NowMoon
- 19:10 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:23 NowMars
- 22:29 NowSun
- 23:36 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:55 NowSaturn
- 04:01 NowJupiter
- 05:08 NowMars
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:44 Scorpio
- 05:44 – 07:49 Sagittarius
- 07:49 – 09:36 Capricorn
- 09:36 – 11:10 Aquarius
- 11:10 – 12:41 Pisces
- 12:41 – 14:21 Aries
- 14:21 – 16:20 Taurus
- 16:20 – 18:33 Gemini
- 18:33 – 20:49 Cancer
- 20:49 – 23:00 Leo
- 23:00 – 01:10 next day Virgo
- 01:10 – 03:24 next day Libra
- 03:24 – 05:40 next day Scorpio
- 05:40 – 06:14 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