Kochi panchang, 17 December 2023
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 10:37 Margashirsha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 18:06- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:43
- Yamaganda 12:20 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam 15:13 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta 16:34 – 17:20
- Rahu Kalam 16:39 – 18:06
- 06:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:06 to 06:35 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 17:33
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 02:54 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 00:35 next day
- Karana Bava until 06:46, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:13 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:34 – 17:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:39 – 18:06
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:35 – 01:47 next day
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. 04:55 – 05:45
- 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 18:06 – 20:36
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:54 – 06:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:35 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:01 – 09:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:28 – 10:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:54 – 12:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:20 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:47 – 15:13 | Good |
| Rog | 15:13 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:39 – 18:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:06 – 19:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:39 – 21:13 | Good |
| Char | 21:13 – 22:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:47 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:21 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:54 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:28 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:02 – 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
- 06:35 NowSun
- 07:32 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:28 NowMoon
- 10:25 NowSaturn
- 11:23 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:13 NowMercury
- 16:11 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:06 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:11 NowSun
- 21:13 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSaturn
- 01:23 NowJupiter
- 02:26 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:33 NowMercury
- 06:35 NowSun
- 07:35 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:35 NowMoon
- 10:35 NowSaturn
- 11:35 NowJupiter
- 12:35 NowMars
- 13:35 NowSun
- 14:35 NowVenus
- 15:35 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:35 NowSaturn
- 18:35 NowJupiter
- 19:35 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:35 NowVenus
- 22:35 NowMercury
- 23:35 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSaturn
- 01:35 NowJupiter
- 02:35 NowMars
- 03:35 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
- 05:35 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:35 Scorpio
- 06:35 – 08:42 Sagittarius
- 08:42 – 10:38 Capricorn
- 10:38 – 12:22 Aquarius
- 12:22 – 14:05 Pisces
- 14:05 – 15:55 Aries
- 15:55 – 17:58 Taurus
- 17:58 – 20:09 Gemini
- 20:09 – 22:17 Cancer
- 22:17 – 00:17 next day Leo
- 00:17 – 02:16 next day Virgo
- 02:16 – 04:20 next day Libra
- 04:20 – 06:31 next day Scorpio
- 06:31 – 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