Kochi panchang, 13 December 2023
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 06:44 Margashirsha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 18:04- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:59 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:52 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 11:55 – 12:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:41 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:18 – 13:45
- 11:05 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:05 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:04 to 06:33 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:09 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 03:09 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 11:05 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 16:17
- Karana Kimstughna until 16:09, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:05 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:05 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 03:09 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:52 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:55 – 12:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:18 – 13:45
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:17 – 18:41
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. 04:53 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:34
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:09 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:33 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:59 – 09:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:26 – 10:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:52 – 12:18 | Good |
| Rog | 12:18 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:45 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Char | 15:11 – 16:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:38 – 18:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:04 – 19:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:38 – 21:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:11 – 22:45 | Good |
| Char | 22:45 – 00:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:19 – 01:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:52 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:00 – 06:33 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
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:33 NowVenus
- 13:33 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:33 NowMoon
- 22:33 NowSaturn
- 23:33 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:51 Scorpio
- 06:51 – 08:58 Sagittarius
- 08:58 – 10:53 Capricorn
- 10:53 – 12:38 Aquarius
- 12:38 – 14:20 Pisces
- 14:20 – 16:11 Aries
- 16:11 – 18:14 Taurus
- 18:14 – 20:25 Gemini
- 20:25 – 22:32 Cancer
- 22:32 – 00:33 next day Leo
- 00:33 – 02:32 next day Virgo
- 02:32 – 04:36 next day Libra
- 04:36 – 06:33 next day Scorpio
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