Kochi panchang, 16 December 2023
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 09:45 Margashirsha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 18:05- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:34 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta 06:34 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta 07:20 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam 09:27 – 10:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:43
- Yamaganda 13:46 – 15:13
- 07:02 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 09:16 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:05 to 06:35 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 20:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:46 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 04:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 20:00
- Nakshatra Shravana until 04:37 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 07:02
- Karana Vanija until 09:16, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:02 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 09:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 20:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:46 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 04:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:34 – 07:20
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:02 – 10:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:20 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:13
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. 04:54 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:05 – 20:35
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:34 – 04:37 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:34 – 20:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:58 – 04:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:34 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:01 – 09:27 | Good |
| Rog | 09:27 – 10:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:53 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Char | 12:20 – 13:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:46 – 15:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:13 – 16:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:39 – 18:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:05 – 19:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:39 – 21:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:13 – 22:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:46 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:20 – 01:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:54 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:27 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:01 – 06:35 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
- 06:34 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:22 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:17 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:13 NowMars
- 16:10 NowSun
- 17:08 NowVenus
- 18:05 NowMercury
- 19:08 NowMoon
- 20:10 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:32 NowMars
- 06:34 NowSaturn
- 07:34 NowJupiter
- 08:34 NowMars
- 09:34 NowSun
- 10:34 NowVenus
- 11:34 NowMercury
- 12:34 NowMoon
- 13:34 NowSaturn
- 14:34 NowJupiter
- 15:34 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:34 NowJupiter
- 22:34 NowMars
- 23:34 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:34 NowVenus
- 01:34 NowMercury
- 02:34 NowMoon
- 03:34 NowSaturn
- 04:34 NowJupiter
- 05:34 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:39 Scorpio
- 06:39 – 08:46 Sagittarius
- 08:46 – 10:42 Capricorn
- 10:42 – 12:26 Aquarius
- 12:26 – 14:08 Pisces
- 14:08 – 15:59 Aries
- 15:59 – 18:02 Taurus
- 18:02 – 20:13 Gemini
- 20:13 – 22:21 Cancer
- 22:21 – 00:21 next day Leo
- 00:21 – 02:20 next day Virgo
- 02:20 – 04:24 next day Libra
- 04:24 – 06:35 next day Scorpio
- 06:35 – 06:35 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