Kochi panchang, 20 December 2023
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 12:52 Margashirsha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 18:07- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:03 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam 10:55 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:22 – 13:48
- 11:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:14 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:56 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
18:07 to 06:37 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:57 Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 11:14
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 22:57 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 15:56
- Karana Bava until 11:14, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:14 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:56 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:57 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:37 – 15:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:48
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:57 – 06:37 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. 04:56 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:57 – 06:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:36 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:03 – 09:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:29 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:55 – 12:22 | Good |
| Rog | 12:22 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:48 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Char | 15:15 – 16:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:41 – 18:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:07 – 19:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:41 – 21:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:48 | Good |
| Char | 22:48 – 00:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:22 – 01:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:56 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:29 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:03 – 06:37 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
- 06:36 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:36 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:36 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 06:23 Scorpio
- 06:23 – 08:31 Sagittarius
- 08:31 – 10:26 Capricorn
- 10:26 – 12:10 Aquarius
- 12:10 – 13:53 Pisces
- 13:53 – 15:43 Aries
- 15:43 – 17:47 Taurus
- 17:47 – 19:57 Gemini
- 19:57 – 22:05 Cancer
- 22:05 – 00:05 next day Leo
- 00:05 – 02:04 next day Virgo
- 02:04 – 04:08 next day Libra
- 04:08 – 06:19 next day Scorpio
- 06:19 – 06:37 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