Kochi panchang, 24 December 2023
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 15:51 Margashirsha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 18:09- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:47
- Yamaganda 12:24 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam 15:16 – 16:43
- Durmuhurta 16:37 – 17:23
- Rahu Kalam 16:43 – 18:09
- 07:17 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 18:07 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:09 to 06:39 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 05:41 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 05:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 05:55 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 05:55 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 21:19 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 07:17
- Karana Kaulava until 18:07, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:17 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 18:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 05:41 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 05:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 05:55 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:24 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:37 – 17:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:43 – 18:09
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. 04:58 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:19 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:38 – 08:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:05 – 09:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:31 – 10:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:57 – 12:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:24 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:50 – 15:16 | Good |
| Rog | 15:16 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:43 – 18:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:09 – 19:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:43 – 21:17 | Good |
| Char | 21:17 – 22:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:50 – 00:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:24 – 01:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:58 – 03:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:31 – 05:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:05 – 06:39 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
- 06:38 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:34 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:29 NowSaturn
- 11:26 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:21 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:09 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:14 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:22 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:31 NowSun
- 04:34 NowVenus
- 05:36 NowMercury
- 06:38 NowSun
- 07:38 NowVenus
- 08:38 NowMercury
- 09:38 NowMoon
- 10:38 NowSaturn
- 11:38 NowJupiter
- 12:38 NowMars
- 13:38 NowSun
- 14:38 NowVenus
- 15:38 NowMercury
- 16:38 NowMoon
- 17:38 NowSaturn
- 18:38 NowJupiter
- 19:38 NowMars
- 20:38 NowSun
- 21:38 NowVenus
- 22:38 NowMercury
- 23:38 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSaturn
- 01:38 NowJupiter
- 02:38 NowMars
- 03:38 NowSun
- 04:38 NowVenus
- 05:38 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:07 Scorpio
- 06:07 – 08:15 Sagittarius
- 08:15 – 10:10 Capricorn
- 10:10 – 11:55 Aquarius
- 11:55 – 13:37 Pisces
- 13:37 – 15:27 Aries
- 15:27 – 17:31 Taurus
- 17:31 – 19:42 Gemini
- 19:42 – 21:49 Cancer
- 21:49 – 23:49 Leo
- 23:49 – 01:48 next day Virgo
- 01:48 – 03:53 next day Libra
- 03:53 – 06:03 next day Scorpio
- 06:03 – 06:39 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