Kochi panchang, 21 December 2023
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 13:34 Margashirsha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 18:08- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:37 – 08:03
- Gulika Kalam 09:30 – 10:56
- Durmuhurta 10:27 – 11:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:45
- Rahu Kalam 13:49 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:03 – 15:50
- 09:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 09:37 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:27 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:08 to 06:37 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 22:09 Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 09:37
- Nakshatra Revati until 22:09 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 13:27
- Karana Kaulava until 09:37, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 09:37 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:27 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 20:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 22:09 Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:37 – 08:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:30 – 10:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:27 – 11:13
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:27 – 00:19 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:03 – 15:50
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. 04:57 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:08 – 20:38
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:37 – 22:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:37 – 06:37 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:37 – 06:37 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:09 – 06:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:37 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:03 – 09:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:30 – 10:56 | Bad |
| Char | 10:56 – 12:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:22 – 13:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:49 – 15:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:15 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:41 – 18:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:08 – 19:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:41 – 21:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:15 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:49 – 00:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:23 – 01:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:56 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:30 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:04 – 06:37 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
- 06:37 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:30 NowVenus
- 10:27 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:22 NowSaturn
- 13:20 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:10 NowMercury
- 18:08 NowMoon
- 19:10 NowSaturn
- 20:13 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:20 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:30 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
- 05:35 NowSun
- 06:37 NowJupiter
- 07:37 NowMars
- 08:37 NowSun
- 09:37 NowVenus
- 10:37 NowMercury
- 11:37 NowMoon
- 12:37 NowSaturn
- 13:37 NowJupiter
- 14:37 NowMars
- 15:37 NowSun
- 16:37 NowVenus
- 17:37 NowMercury
- 18:37 NowMoon
- 19:37 NowSaturn
- 20:37 NowJupiter
- 21:37 NowMars
- 22:37 NowSun
- 23:37 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMercury
- 01:37 NowMoon
- 02:37 NowSaturn
- 03:37 NowJupiter
- 04:37 NowMars
- 05:37 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 06:19 Scorpio
- 06:19 – 08:27 Sagittarius
- 08:27 – 10:22 Capricorn
- 10:22 – 12:06 Aquarius
- 12:06 – 13:49 Pisces
- 13:49 – 15:39 Aries
- 15:39 – 17:43 Taurus
- 17:43 – 19:54 Gemini
- 19:54 – 22:01 Cancer
- 22:01 – 00:01 next day Leo
- 00:01 – 02:00 next day Virgo
- 02:00 – 04:04 next day Libra
- 04:04 – 06:15 next day Scorpio
- 06:15 – 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