Kolkata panchang, 28 December 2028
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:00 Moonrise 14:00 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 17:00- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:16 – 07:36
- Gulika Kalam 08:57 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta 09:50 – 10:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam 12:58 – 14:19
- Durmuhurta 14:08 – 14:51
- 09:34 Moon enters Taurus
- 10:59 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:00 to 06:16 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:00 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 23:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:13 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 23:21
- Nakshatra Krittika until 04:29 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 04:13 next day
- Karana Bava until 10:59, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:34 Moon enters Taurus
- 10:59 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 23:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:13 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:16 – 07:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:50 – 10:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:58 – 14:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:08 – 14:51
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:29 – 06:16 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. 04:30 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:00 – 19:39
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:16 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:36 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:57 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Char | 10:17 – 11:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:38 – 12:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:58 – 14:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:19 – 15:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:39 – 17:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:00 – 18:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:39 – 20:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:19 – 21:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:58 – 23:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:38 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:18 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:57 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:37 – 06:16 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
- 06:16 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:03 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:50 NowMercury
- 10:44 NowMoon
- 11:38 NowSaturn
- 12:31 NowJupiter
- 13:25 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:12 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:00 NowMoon
- 18:06 NowSaturn
- 19:12 NowJupiter
- 20:19 NowMars
- 21:25 NowSun
- 22:32 NowVenus
- 23:38 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMoon
- 01:51 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 04:03 NowMars
- 05:10 NowSun
- 06:16 NowJupiter
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:16 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:16 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
- 05:16 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:24 Scorpio
- 05:24 – 07:30 Sagittarius
- 07:30 – 09:17 Capricorn
- 09:17 – 10:50 Aquarius
- 10:50 – 12:21 Pisces
- 12:21 – 14:02 Aries
- 14:02 – 16:00 Taurus
- 16:00 – 18:13 Gemini
- 18:13 – 20:29 Cancer
- 20:29 – 22:40 Leo
- 22:40 – 00:51 next day Virgo
- 00:51 – 03:05 next day Libra
- 03:05 – 05:20 next day Scorpio
- 05:20 – 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