Kolkata panchang, 25 December 2028
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 16:58 Moonrise 12:01 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 16:58- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:35 – 08:55
- Yamaganda 10:16 – 11:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:15 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta 11:58 – 12:41
- Gulika Kalam 12:57 – 14:17
- Durmuhurta 14:06 – 14:49
Night
16:58 to 06:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:58 – 19:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 18:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:51 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 22:51 Moon enters Aries
- 04:38 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 18:54
- Nakshatra Revati until 22:51 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 04:38 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 18:54, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 18:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 18:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:51 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 22:51 Moon enters Aries
- 04:38 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:01 – 16:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 08:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:58 – 12:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:57 – 14:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:06 – 14:49
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. 04:28 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:15 – 11:58
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:58 – 19:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:15 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:15 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:35 – 08:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:55 – 10:16 | Good |
| Rog | 10:16 – 11:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:36 – 12:57 | Bad |
| Char | 12:57 – 14:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:17 – 15:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:38 – 16:58 | Good |
| Char | 16:58 – 18:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:38 – 20:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:17 – 21:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:57 – 23:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:36 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:16 – 02:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:56 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:35 – 06:15 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
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:43 NowVenus
- 11:36 NowMercury
- 12:30 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 16:04 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 18:04 NowMercury
- 19:11 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:30 NowMars
- 23:36 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:43 NowVenus
- 01:49 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowJupiter
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:36 Scorpio
- 05:36 – 07:41 Sagittarius
- 07:41 – 09:28 Capricorn
- 09:28 – 11:02 Aquarius
- 11:02 – 12:33 Pisces
- 12:33 – 14:13 Aries
- 14:13 – 16:12 Taurus
- 16:12 – 18:25 Gemini
- 18:25 – 20:41 Cancer
- 20:41 – 22:52 Leo
- 22:52 – 01:02 next day Virgo
- 01:02 – 03:17 next day Libra
- 03:17 – 05:32 next day Scorpio
- 05:32 – 06:15 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