Kolkata panchang, 27 December 2028
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 16:59 Moonrise 13:16 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 16:59- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:36 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam 10:17 – 11:37
- Durmuhurta 11:16 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 11:59 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:37 – 12:58
- 09:46 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
16:59 to 06:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:59 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 22:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:49 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 22:27
- Nakshatra Bharani until 03:11 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 04:49 next day
- Karana Vanija until 09:46, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:46 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 22:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:49 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:16 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:37 – 12:58
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:15 – 03:11 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. 04:29 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:16 – 11:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:59 – 19:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:27 – 06:16 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:11 – 06:16 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:11 – 06:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:15 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:36 – 08:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:56 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:17 – 11:37 | Good |
| Rog | 11:37 – 12:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:58 – 14:18 | Bad |
| Char | 14:18 – 15:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:39 – 16:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:59 – 18:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:39 – 20:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:18 – 21:58 | Good |
| Char | 21:58 – 23:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:37 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:17 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:57 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:36 – 06:16 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
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:37 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:37 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:28 Scorpio
- 05:28 – 07:34 Sagittarius
- 07:34 – 09:20 Capricorn
- 09:20 – 10:54 Aquarius
- 10:54 – 12:25 Pisces
- 12:25 – 14:06 Aries
- 14:06 – 16:04 Taurus
- 16:04 – 18:17 Gemini
- 18:17 – 20:33 Cancer
- 20:33 – 22:44 Leo
- 22:44 – 00:55 next day Virgo
- 00:55 – 03:09 next day Libra
- 03:09 – 05:24 next day Scorpio
- 05:24 – 06:16 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