Kochi panchang, 28 December 2023
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 19:29 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:40 – 08:07
- Gulika Kalam 09:33 – 10:59
- Durmuhurta 10:31 – 11:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:03 – 12:49
- Rahu Kalam 13:52 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta 15:07 – 15:53
- 06:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 06:46 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:11 to 06:41 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:37 Moon enters Cancer
- 19:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 02:23 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 06:46
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 01:04 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 02:23 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 06:46, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 06:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:37 Moon enters Cancer
- 19:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 02:23 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:33 – 10:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:31 – 11:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:52 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:07 – 15:53
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:23 – 02:28 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. 05:00 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:03 – 12:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:40 – 01:04 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:40 – 01:04 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 01:04 – 06:41 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:04 – 06:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:40 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:07 – 09:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:33 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Char | 10:59 – 12:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:26 – 13:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:52 – 15:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:19 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:45 – 18:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:11 – 19:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:45 – 21:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:19 – 22:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:52 – 00:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:26 – 02:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:00 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:33 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:07 – 06:41 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
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:38 NowMars
- 08:35 NowSun
- 09:33 NowVenus
- 10:31 NowMercury
- 11:28 NowMoon
- 12:26 NowSaturn
- 13:23 NowJupiter
- 14:21 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:11 NowMoon
- 19:14 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:21 NowSun
- 23:24 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:31 NowSaturn
- 03:33 NowJupiter
- 04:36 NowMars
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:40 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:40 NowMars
- 05:40 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 05:52 Scorpio
- 05:52 – 07:59 Sagittarius
- 07:59 – 09:55 Capricorn
- 09:55 – 11:39 Aquarius
- 11:39 – 13:21 Pisces
- 13:21 – 15:12 Aries
- 15:12 – 17:15 Taurus
- 17:15 – 19:26 Gemini
- 19:26 – 21:33 Cancer
- 21:33 – 23:34 Leo
- 23:34 – 01:33 next day Virgo
- 01:33 – 03:37 next day Libra
- 03:37 – 05:48 next day Scorpio
- 05:48 – 06:41 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