Panchang / Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Daily panchang

Kolkata, West Bengal, India · Thursday, 07 Dec 2028

Asia/Kolkata (+5.50h)

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The day in simple words

Tithi: Shashthi · until 02:00 (08 Dec 2028)
Nakshatra: Ashlesha · until 19:06
Good time to start something: 11:06–11:49 · Abhijit
Avoid starting new work: 12:49–14:10 · Rahu kaal

All times are for Kolkata, West Bengal, India. They change from place to place.

About this page

What this page tells you. The panchang is the Hindu calendar for one day and one place. It gives the tithi (lunar date), the nakshatra (the Moon's star), the yoga, the karana and the weekday, with sunrise and sunset.

How to read it. Look at the five parts at the top first, then the timings. Rahu kaal and Yamaganda are times the tradition avoids for starting something new. Abhijit is usually taken as the good time around midday. Choghadiya splits the day into eight parts, each marked good, neutral or poor.

Good to know: Times are worked out for the place you choose and change with it. Customs differ by region and family. If a ritual matters to you, confirm the timing with your priest or family tradition.

New to these words? See the astrology words explained simply.

Sunrise

06:03

Sunset

16:52

Moonrise

22:01

Moonset

10:12

Moonrise and moonset are for this calendar day, midnight to midnight, at this place. The Moon rises about 50 minutes later each day, so on some days it does not rise or set at all. A dash means it happens on the day before or after.

The five parts of the day (panchang)

Each part lasts until the time shown.
Part	Value	Ends	What the old texts say
Tithi	Shashthi then Saptami	02:00 08 Dec 2028	Nanda (joyful) Suited in the texts to celebration, art and things begun for pleasure.
Nakshatra	Ashlesha then Magha	19:06	The serpents' nakshatra. Read as penetrating perception, the ability to see what is concealed, and a capacity for strategy that the texts treat with respect rather than warmth.
Yoga	Indra then Vaidhriti	10:58	auspicious Counted among the favourable yogas in the muhurta literature.
Karana	Gara then Vanija · until 02:00 (08 Dec 2028) then Vishti	14:51	One of the seven movable karanas, which repeat through the month.
Vara	Thursday	—	Ruled by Jupiter. Classically the most favourable for beginnings.

These good and bad times come from the classical muhurat books, such as Muhurta Chintamani. They are traditional rules for choosing a time, not predictions.

Times to avoid, and the good midday time

Sunrise 06:03
Sunset 16:52

Traditionally avoided
Traditionally favoured

Sunrise, sunset and the good and bad times (muhurat)

Period	From	To	What the old texts say
Sunrise	06:03	—
Sunset	16:52	—
Rahu kaal	12:49	14:10	About an hour and a half that changes with the weekday. The tradition says not to start anything new in it.
Gulika	08:46	10:07	Saturn's part of the day. It is avoided for the same reasons as Rahu kaal.
Yamaganda	06:03	07:24	Another time to avoid, also set by the weekday.
Abhijit	11:06	11:49	The time around local midday. The tradition sees it as the best time of the day, and the one to use when no other good time is free. Not used on Wednesdays.
Brahma muhurta	04:18	05:11	Before dawn: traditionally the hour for waking, prayer, meditation and study.
Pratah sandhya	04:44	06:03	The dawn sandhya, ending at sunrise: the time for the morning prayers.
Vijaya muhurta	13:16	13:59	Favoured for setting out on journeys and for work where success is wanted.
Godhuli muhurta	16:52	17:18	Cow-dust hour at sunset: favoured for weddings in many regions.
Sayahna sandhya	16:52	18:11	The dusk sandhya, from sunset: the time for the evening prayers.
Nishita muhurta	23:01	23:54	The midnight muhurta, counterpart of Abhijit: kept for Shiva and Kali worship, as on Shivaratri.
Dur muhurta	09:40	10:23	Avoided for auspicious beginnings.
Dur muhurta	13:59	14:42	Avoided for auspicious beginnings.
Amrit kalam	17:34	19:06	About an hour and a half fixed by the Moon's nakshatra, not the Sun: favoured for starting good work, and in the south it outweighs a weak hour of the day.
Varjyam	08:19	09:51	About an hour and a half fixed by the Moon's nakshatra, also called tyajyam: new undertakings are avoided in it. Much observed in the south, alongside Rahu kalam.

Facts about the day

Day length (dinamana): 10 h 48 min
Night length (ratrimana): 13 h 12 min
Midday (madhyahna): 11:28
Direction to avoid for travel today (disha shool): South

Sunrise here is when the top edge of the Sun appears, as in the Drik panchang. Calendars that use the centre of the Sun can differ by two to four minutes.

Choghadiya

The night choghadiya starts at a different point from the day one, so the two are listed separately.

Day

Choghadiya	From	To	Quality
Shubh	06:03	07:24	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Rog	07:24	08:46	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Udveg	08:46	10:07	avoid government work only
Chal	10:07	11:28	neutral travel and movement
Labh	11:28	12:49	good trade, starting a business, gain
Amrit	12:49	14:10	best anything at all
Kaal	14:10	15:31	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Shubh	15:31	16:52	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious

Night

Choghadiya	From	To	Quality
Amrit	16:52	18:31	best anything at all
Chal	18:31	20:10	neutral travel and movement
Rog	20:10	21:49	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Kaal	21:49	23:28	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Labh	23:28	01:07	good trade, starting a business, gain
Udveg	01:07	02:46	avoid government work only
Shubh	02:46	04:25	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Amrit	04:25	06:04	best anything at all

Gowri panchangam

The Tamil way of dividing the day into eight parts, with different names. It is its own table, not a translation: the two systems do not always agree on which part of the day is good.

Gowri	From	To	Quality
Amirdham	06:03	07:24	best anything auspicious
Uthi	07:24	08:46	neutral ordinary work
Soram	08:46	10:07	avoid nothing new
Rogam	10:07	11:28	avoid medicine only
Visham	11:28	12:49	avoid nothing new
Labham	12:49	14:10	good gain, new work
Dhanam	14:10	15:31	good money, purchase, trade
Sugam	15:31	16:52	good travel, ease, hospitality

More details for the dayMoon and Sun signs through the day, the years (samvat), seasons, special yogas and windows, Chandrabalam and Tarabalam, the rising sign through the day, and the hora table.

More of the day

Moon sign: Cancer · until 19:06
then Leo
Sun sign: Scorpio
Nakshatra pada: Ashlesha pada 2 · until 07:34
Ashlesha pada 3 · until 13:21
Ashlesha pada 4 · until 19:06
Magha pada 1 · until 00:51 (08 Dec 2028)
Magha pada 2
Sun's nakshatra: Jyeshtha pada 2
Anandadi yoga: Amrita · until 19:06
then Musala
Shaka samvat: 1950 Kilaka
Vikram samvat: 2085 Durmati
Gujarati samvat: 2085 Raudra
Ritu (by lunar month): Hemanta
Ritu (by the Sun's season): Hemanta
Ayana (sidereal): Dakshinayana
Ayana (by the solstices): Dakshinayana
Chandra vasa (Moon's direction): North · until 19:06
then East
Rahu vasa (Rahu's direction): South
Jovian year (Brihaspati samvatsara): Dundubhi · until 17:49 (08 Apr 2029)

The Shaka year starts on Chaitra shukla pratipada, and the Gujarati year on Kartika shukla pratipada, the day after Diwali. There are two ritus (seasons) because one follows the lunar month and the other the Sun's real season.

Special yogas and times of the day
Period	From	To	What the old texts say
Ravi yoga	19:06	06:04 08 Dec 2028	When the Moon's nakshatra is the 4th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 13th or 20th from the Sun's: held to cancel many faults of the day, so it is sought for starting work.
Bhadra	02:00 08 Dec 2028	06:04 08 Dec 2028	The Vishti karana. Auspicious work is avoided in it, most of all while Bhadra is said to stay on earth; in the heavens or the underworld it is held harmless here. on earth
Ganda moola	Whole day		The Moon in Ashwini, Ashlesha, Magha, Jyeshtha, Mula or Revati, the nakshatras at the joins of water and fire signs. A birth in it is traditionally followed by a shanti.
Panchaka	Not today		The Moon in Kumbha or Meena, from the second half of Dhanishtha to the end of Revati. Southward travel, roofing and gathering firewood are traditionally put off.
Baana: Raja (the state)	01:49 08 Dec 2028	06:04 08 Dec 2028	Set by the Sun's degree within its sign, so each lasts about a day. Muhurta texts avoid Roga for medicine, Agni for building, Raja for dealings with authority, Chora for travel and Mrityu for weddings.

Chandrabalam and Tarabalam

These help you check the day against YOUR OWN Moon sign (rashi) and birth star (nakshatra). If yours is in the list, the day is favourable for you. Chandrabalam counts the Moon's sign from yours (1st, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th and 11th are good); Tarabalam counts the Moon's star from yours in groups of nine.

Chandrabalam for · until 19:06: Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Libra, Capricorn, Aquarius
Ashtama Chandra (Moon 8th) for: Sagittarius
Chandrabalam for · until the next sunrise: Gemini, Leo, Libra, Scorpio, Aquarius, Pisces
Ashtama Chandra (Moon 8th) for: Capricorn
Tarabalam for · until 19:06: Ashwini, Bharani, Rohini, Ardra, Pushya, Magha, Purva Phalguni, Hasta, Swati, Anuradha, Mula, Purva Ashadha, Shravana, Shatabhisha, Uttara Bhadrapada
Tarabalam for · until the next sunrise: Bharani, Krittika, Mrigashira, Punarvasu, Ashlesha, Purva Phalguni, Uttara Phalguni, Chitra, Vishakha, Jyeshtha, Purva Ashadha, Uttara Ashadha, Dhanishta, Purva Bhadrapada, Revati

Udaya lagna

Lagna	From	To
Scorpio	04:31	06:47
Sagittarius	06:47	08:52
Capricorn	08:52	10:39
Aquarius	10:39	12:13
Pisces	12:13	13:44
Aries	13:44	15:24
Taurus	15:24	17:23
Gemini	17:23	19:36
Cancer	19:36	21:52
Leo	21:52	00:03 08 Dec 2028
Virgo	00:03 08 Dec 2028	02:13 08 Dec 2028
Libra	02:13 08 Dec 2028	04:27 08 Dec 2028

Panchaka rahita muhurta

Period	From	To
Free of panchaka (good)	06:03	06:47
Roga (illness)	06:47	08:52
Free of panchaka (good)	08:52	10:39
Mrityu (danger)	10:39	12:13
Agni (fire)	12:13	13:44
Free of panchaka (good)	13:44	15:24
Mrityu (danger)	15:24	17:23
Agni (fire)	17:23	19:06
Free of panchaka (good)	19:06	19:36
Raja (the state)	19:36	21:52
Free of panchaka (good)	21:52	00:03 08 Dec 2028
Chora (theft)	00:03 08 Dec 2028	02:00 08 Dec 2028
Free of panchaka (good)	02:00 08 Dec 2028	02:13 08 Dec 2028
Roga (illness)	02:13 08 Dec 2028	04:27 08 Dec 2028
Free of panchaka (good)	04:27 08 Dec 2028	06:04 08 Dec 2028

The sign rising in the east changes through the day, starting with the one rising at sunrise. Panchaka rahita divides the day wherever the rising sign, the tithi or the nakshatra changes, and marks each part as free of panchaka (good) or not.

Hora (planetary hours)

The day and the night are each split into twelve horas, starting at sunrise, and each hora is ruled by a planet. Day horas share out the daylight and night horas the darkness, so in summer a day hora is longer than an hour. The first hora of each day belongs to that day's planet, which is where the weekday names come from.

#	Hora lord	From	To	Suited to
1	Jupiter	06:03	06:57	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
2	Mars	06:57	07:52	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
3	Sun	07:52	08:46	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
4	Venus	08:46	09:40	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
5	Mercury	09:40	10:34	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
6	Moon	10:34	11:28	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
7	Saturn	11:28	12:22	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
8	Jupiter	12:22	13:16	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
9	Mars	13:16	14:10	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
10	Sun	14:10	15:04	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
11	Venus	15:04	15:58	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
12	Mercury	15:58	16:52	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
13 night	Moon	16:52	17:58	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
14 night	Saturn	17:58	19:04	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
15 night	Jupiter	19:04	20:10	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
16 night	Mars	20:10	21:16	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
17 night	Sun	21:16	22:22	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
18 night	Venus	22:22	23:28	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
19 night	Mercury	23:28	00:34	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
20 night	Moon	00:34	01:40	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
21 night	Saturn	01:40	02:46	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
22 night	Jupiter	02:46	03:52	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
23 night	Mars	03:52	04:58	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
24 night	Sun	04:58	06:04	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience

Festivals and fasts

Nothing marked on this date.

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