Kochi panchang, 27 December 2023
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 18:34 Margashirsha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 18:11- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:06 – 09:33
- Gulika Kalam 10:59 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:02 – 12:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:48 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:25 – 13:52
Night
18:11 to 06:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 02:40 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 06:46 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 23:28 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 02:40 next day
- Karana Balava until 18:21, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 18:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 02:40 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:02 – 12:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:25 – 13:52
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. 05:00 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:02 – 12:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:41
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:40 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:06 – 09:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:33 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:59 – 12:25 | Good |
| Rog | 12:25 – 13:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:52 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Char | 15:18 – 16:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:44 – 18:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:11 – 19:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:44 – 21:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:52 | Good |
| Char | 22:52 – 00:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:26 – 01:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:59 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:33 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:07 – 06:40 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
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 05:56 Scorpio
- 05:56 – 08:03 Sagittarius
- 08:03 – 09:58 Capricorn
- 09:58 – 11:43 Aquarius
- 11:43 – 13:25 Pisces
- 13:25 – 15:16 Aries
- 15:16 – 17:19 Taurus
- 17:19 – 19:30 Gemini
- 19:30 – 21:37 Cancer
- 21:37 – 23:38 Leo
- 23:38 – 01:37 next day Virgo
- 01:37 – 03:41 next day Libra
- 03:41 – 05:52 next day Scorpio
- 05:52 – 06:40 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