Kochi panchang, 1 November 2023
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 21:08 Ashwin month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 18:00- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:44 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 11:45 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:08 – 13:36
- 09:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:06 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 16:11 Moon enters Gemini
Night
18:00 to 06:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 21:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 21:19
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 04:36 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Parigha until 14:06
- Karana Bava until 09:19, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:06 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 16:11 Moon enters Gemini
- 21:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 21:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:45 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:36
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. 04:38 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:27
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:16 – 04:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:16 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:44 – 09:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:12 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 12:08 | Good |
| Rog | 12:08 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:36 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Char | 15:04 – 16:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:32 – 18:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:00 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:32 – 21:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:04 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 00:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:08 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:40 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:12 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:44 – 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
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:21 Virgo
- 05:21 – 07:25 Libra
- 07:25 – 09:36 Scorpio
- 09:36 – 11:43 Sagittarius
- 11:43 – 13:39 Capricorn
- 13:39 – 15:23 Aquarius
- 15:23 – 17:05 Pisces
- 17:05 – 18:56 Aries
- 18:56 – 20:59 Taurus
- 20:59 – 23:10 Gemini
- 23:10 – 01:17 next day Cancer
- 01:17 – 03:18 next day Leo
- 03:18 – 05:17 next day Virgo
- 05:17 – 06:16 next day Libra
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