Kolkata panchang, 29 December 2028
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:00 Moonrise 14:51 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:37 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta 08:25 – 09:08
- Rahu Kalam 10:18 – 11:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 12:00 – 12:43
- Yamaganda 14:19 – 15:40
- 11:34 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:00 to 06:17 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:00 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 23:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:08 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 23:37
- Nakshatra Rohini until 05:10 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 03:08 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 11:34, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 23:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:08 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:25 – 09:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:00 – 12:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:19 – 15:40
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) 11:17 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:00 – 19:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:10 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:16 – 07:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:37 – 08:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:57 – 10:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:18 – 11:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:38 – 12:59 | Good |
| Rog | 12:59 – 14:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:19 – 15:40 | Bad |
| Char | 15:40 – 17:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:00 – 18:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:40 – 20:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:19 – 21:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:59 – 23:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:38 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:18 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:58 – 04:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:37 – 06:17 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
- 06:16 NowVenus
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:38 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
- 05:10 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:20 Scorpio
- 05:20 – 07:26 Sagittarius
- 07:26 – 09:13 Capricorn
- 09:13 – 10:46 Aquarius
- 10:46 – 12:17 Pisces
- 12:17 – 13:58 Aries
- 13:58 – 15:56 Taurus
- 15:56 – 18:10 Gemini
- 18:10 – 20:25 Cancer
- 20:25 – 22:36 Leo
- 22:36 – 00:47 next day Virgo
- 00:47 – 03:01 next day Libra
- 03:01 – 05:17 next day Scorpio
- 05:17 – 06:17 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