Kolkata panchang, 31 December 2028
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:01 Moonrise 16:46 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 17:01- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:01
- Yamaganda 11:39 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam 14:20 – 15:41
- Durmuhurta 15:36 – 16:19
- Rahu Kalam 15:41 – 17:01
- 10:50 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:01 to 06:17 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:01 – 19:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:34 Yoga becomes Indra
- 04:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 22:18
- Nakshatra Ardra until 04:50 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 23:34
- Karana Vishti until 10:50, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:50 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:34 Yoga becomes Indra
- 04:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:20 – 15:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:36 – 16:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:41 – 17:01
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. 04:31 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:18 – 12:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:01 – 19:41
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:17 – 07:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:37 – 08:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:58 – 10:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:19 – 11:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:39 – 13:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:00 – 14:20 | Good |
| Rog | 14:20 – 15:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:41 – 17:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:01 – 18:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:41 – 20:20 | Good |
| Char | 20:20 – 22:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:00 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:39 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:19 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:58 – 04:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:38 – 06:17 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
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:11 NowVenus
- 08:04 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:33 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:33 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 04:05 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:13 Scorpio
- 05:13 – 07:18 Sagittarius
- 07:18 – 09:05 Capricorn
- 09:05 – 10:38 Aquarius
- 10:38 – 12:09 Pisces
- 12:09 – 13:50 Aries
- 13:50 – 15:48 Taurus
- 15:48 – 18:02 Gemini
- 18:02 – 20:17 Cancer
- 20:17 – 22:29 Leo
- 22:29 – 00:39 next day Virgo
- 00:39 – 02:53 next day Libra
- 02:53 – 05:09 next day Scorpio
- 05:09 – 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