Kochi panchang, 18 December 2023
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 11:25 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:02 – 09:28
- Yamaganda 10:54 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:44
- Durmuhurta 12:44 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam 13:47 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:48
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 15:14 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:06 to 06:36 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:31 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 02:09 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 15:14
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 01:21 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 21:31
- Karana Taitila until 15:14, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 15:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:31 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 02:09 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:44 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:48
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) 11:58 – 12:44
- 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 06:35 – 01:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:35 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:02 – 09:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:28 – 10:54 | Good |
| Rog | 10:54 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:21 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Char | 13:47 – 15:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:14 – 16:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:40 – 18:06 | Good |
| Char | 18:06 – 19:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:40 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:14 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:47 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:21 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:55 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:28 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:02 – 06:36 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:06 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:33 NowJupiter
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:31 Scorpio
- 06:31 – 08:39 Sagittarius
- 08:39 – 10:34 Capricorn
- 10:34 – 12:18 Aquarius
- 12:18 – 14:01 Pisces
- 14:01 – 15:51 Aries
- 15:51 – 17:54 Taurus
- 17:54 – 20:05 Gemini
- 20:05 – 22:13 Cancer
- 22:13 – 00:13 next day Leo
- 00:13 – 02:12 next day Virgo
- 02:12 – 04:16 next day Libra
- 04:16 – 06:27 next day Scorpio
- 06:27 – 06:36 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